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Treasury Department shares draft of commemorative Trump coin for America 250 celebration (thehill.com)

submitted 4 months ago by masterofn001@lemmy.ca to c/politics@beehaw.org

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And yet

A Legacy of Dead Presidents on Coins

The main reason that the U.S. has featured very few living people on their coins stems back to our Revolutionary War Forefathers. One way for a king to proclaim his sovereignty over his subjects was to have his effigy struck into the coins of his realm. For the American colonists, who were predominantly anti-royalists, the image of the king on British Coins they were forced to use in everyday transactions was a painful reminder of what they considered his tyranny and oppression.

https://www.govmint.com/learn/post/who-can-be-on-a-coin

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Here's a render from the Defector piece, which goes a bit harder on how this is blatantly illegal (already a word with shaky meaning).

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

And this is legit at the top of the treasury dept site:

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I love how the front side implies he's God. Sadly, the religious psychotics probably actually believe that (to the detriment of the religious sane).

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

Watch them pivot, outsource the run, apply the thinnest of gold plating and then sell $1 coins for $4,000 apiece as though they're an ounce of solid gold.