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begins? i've seen these in "antique" stores and estate sales from people whose grands got bilked, trying to get a fraction of what they paid or maybe face value. i have ideas for recasting, but i ain't a sculptor.
first one i distinctly recall seeing was june this year (they were asking 11/coin for the set or 75 cents each for a single. it'd been a week and no takers. not surprising for a small liberal west coast beach community. i told them they should list the metal content on a sign and drop the price to 60 cents a coin, they'd be gone in a day (i have a small amount of experience in secondhand stores))
i don't know if vending machines will take them. i'd be surprised if they do.
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.
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.
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.