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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.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

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.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 49 seconds 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.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago

They'll be great starters for Hobo coins.

1000008291

[–] modus@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago (11 children)

If someone tries to pay me with this, I simply will not accept it.

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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 21 points 15 hours ago

Instead of pesos, they're called pedos.

It's just another grift from the Pedo-in-Chief.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 23 points 16 hours ago

"I will make it legal" - future Emperor Palpatine

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 27 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

They're sold at above face value, so at least they're unlikely to circulate.

[–] TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone 14 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

The kind of person who would buy these would also circulate them to somehow "own the libs"

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

The kind of person who would buy them already has a closet full of scam shit they've already fallen for but are convinced this one is the real deal

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I guess it would work. If one came into my possession I'd spend extra money to dissolve it.

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Take a punch and use it on the eyes. Put it back into circulation. These coins circulating like this would be very powerful.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago

I was going to suggest a CK-neckhole, but there's not enough room.

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 39 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Quantumantics@fedia.io 5 points 16 hours ago

I'm so glad they didn't get these ready in time for the annual mint sets. I'm curious whether they will appear in the proof set yet to release this year, though.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 102 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I like how it says liberty was born in 1776 and died in 2026

[–] motoxjake@lemmy.zip 16 points 18 hours ago

Holy shit. Poetic

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 37 points 22 hours ago (12 children)

Yes, once you see it, you can't unsee it.

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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 69 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Legal, illegal. What does it matter. As long as there's no meaningful punishment for it everything is legal. In a highly centralized state or government. Legal is what they allow the peasants to get away with. Legal has no relationship to the standards they hold themselves to.

[–] savvie@lemmy.zip 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

take a pair of ordinary pliers & bend the coins in half whenever someone hands you one, then politely hand the mangled coin back with a smiling “No, thank you!”

[–] savvie@lemmy.zip 9 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

& always keep a pair of pliers on your person

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

Leatherman Wave.

I keep it on my belt.

[–] Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 18 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago

Legal and trump are diametrically opposed

[–] bunnybunny@lemmy.zip 21 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Trump doesn’t care either if the children he fucks are of legal age

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Yes he does, because of theyrr above legal age he won't touch them.

[–] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 36 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

$61 for $25 of Minted currency. Thats just wrong

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 32 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

That's just trump. Never let a good grift get away.

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