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[-] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

There's only one rule about whose faces can appear on currency in the US: the person has to be dead.

[-] Kimjongtooill@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I mean, I can tolerate a $1 Trump coin if the stipulations are met....very very soon.

Why the fuck not. The US didn't make it to 250; it's year 1 of post-US. Might as well.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

But we're not a cult...nosiree. No cult here.

[-] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It was a good experiment that ended with Trump. Fitting.

[-] abbiistabbii 18 points 2 days ago

Personality cult says what?

[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 days ago

How about printing his face on the Epstein Files instead

[-] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

His face is already all over those files!

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Someone will make a press that puts epstein in there.

[-] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 149 points 3 days ago

I hate this timeline.

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot...

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 113 points 3 days ago

This is illegal unless he dies

[-] Atropos@lemmy.world 95 points 3 days ago

Oh! Then I support this coin!

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah honestly at this point I want to see more unhinged shit so we can laugh at the history books.

[-] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago

Yeah. I’m sure it being illegal will stop this.

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

So is him running for a third term, but his office is filled with “Trump 2028” hats.

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 days ago

Since when during this admin was legality considered?

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[-] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm not quite sure about this one. I think that the current design on the reverse is an issue. But the front doesn't seem to break any laws.

I'm assuming they print these under subsection Y of 31 U.S. Code § 5112 - Denominations, specifications, and design of coins. Which pertains to these 250th anniversary coins.

The part I see mentioned in this thread frequently applies to a separate subsection (n) for a run of $1 presidential coins that has since ended.

If you just read subsection Y in a vacuum, they are good to go. This part at the bottom though says that the reverse can't be a 'portrait'.

So this isn't really slam dunk illegal, but I don't think that the draft of the coins reverse will make it to print. I would fully expect the front to come out just like that though based on my interpretation.

(aa)Standards and General Provisions for Circulating Collectible Coins Under Subsections (x), (y), and (z).—

(1)Prohibition on certain representations.—

No head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included in the design on the reverse of any coin under subsections (x), (y), and (z).

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

I don't know much about the law, but it feels like the 'Fight fight fight' side is overtly party political.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Only after he's been dead for 2 years or more can his visage be printed on a U.S. coin.

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[-] graycube@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

They may be expecting that.

[-] Aeao@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

If he does… I’ll happily approve of this coin.

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[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago

I knew it, Steven Miller has been “Weekend-at-Bernie’s”-ing him for two years and so now he’s eligible to have his face on money

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago

Surely a 30 cent (or maybe 70 cent or some other not really believable and pretty much useless) coin value would better represent Trump.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 14 points 2 days ago

I'd say a 47¢ coin would be perfect. Plays into his ego, impossible to do math with so no one would actually use it, and it's a few cents short of a normal functioning thing.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

A perfect match for the character of the man whose face would be on the coin!

[-] hcf@sh.itjust.works 36 points 3 days ago

This is just bait for people to point out that it's illegal to commemorate a living president.

At which point they'll feign "oopsies" and—surprising absolutely nobody—proceed to roll out a Charlie Kirk coin.

[-] echo@lemmy.tf 6 points 3 days ago

There's already shitloads of ads out there for privately minted Kuck rounds

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 19 points 3 days ago

What is one more felony? Perhaps someone can be found guilty and sentenced to no punishment.

[-] FreeMindFreeAss@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

One time I came home drunk at night and had a campfire out back. For some reason, I had the urge to burn a few dollar bills that I had in my pocket, I think because money was such a concern for me at the time and the simple act of burning a few of these life-tickets upon which we all depend felt freeing.

Now this, I would invest in a torch and smelting pot for these ones. Or stamp Epstein on the other side and leave them strewn about.

[-] RandomlyGeneratedName@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Have we ever done this with a sitting president ever? This has such “great leader” vibes.

[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 days ago

No we haven't because we explicitly made that illegal for that very reason

[-] webp@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

... Did an AI generate those pictures, or just an amateur or...? 🤣

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Have them commission a trump trillion dollar coin to get the nation back on it's feet again and end the shutdown. His ego would love that idea and the rest of the country could get on with their business.

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If such a coin exists ever exists, I hope all of them end up with deep scratches across the face.

Also, “Fight fight fight” sounds more like the Itchy and Scratchy theme song than some democratic saying.

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[-] Dragomus@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Kings and queens have legal tender with their face on it during their tenure...

When is the official coronation of trump scheduled? 2027?

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

How about we reopen the government and release the Epstein files first?

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 12 points 3 days ago

NO living person should be commemorated on a coin, regardless of political ideology.

Hopefully, this abomination will go over about as well as the Sacajawea dollar coin.

[-] jonesey71@lemmus.org 5 points 3 days ago

I loved those coins. Super easy to use in vending machines that could take them. Way better than fucking around with an old paper dollar.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 11 points 3 days ago

"FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT"

Sounds like inciting violence to me.

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago

Great idea .... no better way to celebrate how stupid this country has become than by sharing another dumb image of this idiot.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

That date range seems about right.

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Nah, its too heavy, dont bother. He is a cunt anyway.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 points 3 days ago

not a cult!

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