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[–] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Thayer amendment, added by a Republican representative to a federal appropriations bill in 1866, states explicitly that "no portrait or likeness of any living person shall be engraved or placed upon any of the bonds, securities, notes, or postal currency of the United States."

Maybe the rumors of bad health are true and they're getting ready 🤞

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago

    Law, what law?

    An explanation of the legislation on an archived page from the Treasury’s website noted that the act “was caused by an uproar over the actions of the chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Spencer Clark,” who had “placed himself on a five-cent note and had a large quantity of them printed before it was noticed.”

    That webpage has been removed from the Treasury’s website.

    A Treasury spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the legality of featuring Mr. Trump on the coin.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    Grifters gonna grift.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Ass Pennies.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    What a way to instantly devalue a coin.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I a couple decades this will be illegal to own just like nazi memorabilia, and for the same reasons.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    The sleaze is spreading

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    USD should be changed to CRNG on the trading markets

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Does this mean he's gonna die? Cause in the Untied States, you're supposed to die before your face can be on coins.

    In Canada, we put the current monarch's face on coins. Does this mean Trump is fixing to declare himself king?

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    No. They just took the part about there being a law against coins and bills with the image of a living person off the Treasury website.

    An explanation of the legislation on an archived page from the Treasury’s website noted that the act “was caused by an uproar over the actions of the chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Spencer Clark,” who had “placed himself on a five-cent note and had a large quantity of them printed before it was noticed.”

    That webpage has been removed from the Treasury’s website.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is so awesome. I can add it to my collection of commemorative Star Wars coins. I bet it’ll appreciate in value 🤣

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    "In god we trust"

    That is very poorly placed

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I'm surprised he isn't trying to sell them himself for $100 each.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Do you think they've bothered to trademark it? Could get some coins custom printed like this and beat them to market

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    In general, the US makes it illegal to produce anything which people could be reasonably expected to confuse for actual US currency unless you're doing at the behest of the government.

    It's probably a lot more effective to build a stamping machine which re-stamps them with a Traitor label on the head, and a Russian flag on the back.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    What in the living hell. Fight fight fight?? Please. The money is trump propaganda.

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  • I will melt that down before it touches my pockets

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Terrible idea to be honest.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I wouldn’t pay extra for it but if I ever got one I’d save it so I can show people in the future that the United States became fascist

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    So pathetic and so not Christian.

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