Trump is the first sitting president in a century to appear on a U.S. coin, reviving questions about whether the practice is legal.

President Donald Trump is the first sitting president in a century to appear on a U.S. coin, reviving questions about whether the practice is legal.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Those were “memorial” coins, which generally arent curency and have lax regulation.

    This current one is a 1 dollar for circulation as currency coin, and there is explicit law against putting a living president on a 1 dollar coin.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      i needed to look that one up, since i know we have a few coin series - they’re obviously putting him on that coin series illegally to break a law for fun, but like i am not a currency lawyer. if they made it a quarter or halfdollar it might be legal. all i can say is that it would not break that specific law.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        No, it wouldnt be legal, because it’d still be in violation of the general law of putting living people on currency.

        Its just there is extra special DONT PUT LIVING FUCKING PRESIDENTS ON 1 DOLLAR COINS law on top of it.

        • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          wait hold on you said a specific word i just caught. memorial. do you know specifics on that coin line? i searched [trump memorial coin] and got the one in the article discussed. it took me like ten minutes just to get to the shitcoins i found below but phone search bad

          i found these on scamazon so like, some are being called commemmorative [sic] and some memorial.

          now let’s put on our tinfoil hats and get out our corkboards and yarn. remember all those absolutely real assassination attempts? when did the memorial coin get started being called a “memorial” coin?

          • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            3 days ago

            Uh… I think wires are crossed here.

            I’m talking about coins minted by the US mint. I’m not talking about every chudware coin thats churned out for “collectable” markets by private non-currency coin shaped item makers

            They’ve always been called memorial coins. They memorialize an event. Like, in 1921 Alabama had a Memorial half dollar celebrating its 100 years as a state, and it had the first and the current living governor at the time on the coin together, and while technically a currency coin, it was also a memorial coin for the 100 years so thats why it had a still living person on it.