There's only one rule about whose faces can appear on currency in the US: the person has to be dead.
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2025
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I mean, I can tolerate a $1 Trump coin if the stipulations are met....very very soon.
Why the fuck not. The US didn't make it to 250; it's year 1 of post-US. Might as well.
But we're not a cult...nosiree. No cult here.
It was a good experiment that ended with Trump. Fitting.
Personality cult says what?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot...
Bleak.
Automatically devaluated to $zero.
How about printing his face on the Epstein Files instead
Someone will make a press that puts epstein in there.
His face is already all over those files!
I knew it, Steven Miller has been “Weekend-at-Bernie’s”-ing him for two years and so now he’s eligible to have his face on money
I hate this timeline.
The good news is this is illegal.
The bad news is Republicans probably don't care.
Explain more
31 U.S. Code 5112 says “No coin issued may bear the image of a living former or current President,”
So, Trump just needs to die and it will be legal?
Literally, who's going to stop them?
There's so much stuff that's absolutely illegal happening and nobody is stopping them. Being illegal or not is irrelevant if no one enforces it.
A lot of things are being held up by the courts, many things have been reversed by the courts, but yes they probably feel invincible at the moment.
Yeah they won't care, they'll do it anyway, and then go after critics for being "unamerican" and "anti capitalist" per NSPM-7.
I was about to say, I was pretty sure that was a law, instituted to stop... oh, what was it again? Oh ya. FASCISM.
Oh, this one's easy the way I understand things work now.
He is both former AND current, so fire up the mint.
God damn XOR
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This is illegal unless he dies
Yeah. I’m sure it being illegal will stop this.
If he does… I’ll happily approve of this coin.
So is him running for a third term, but his office is filled with “Trump 2028” hats.
I'm not quite sure about this one. I think that the current design on the reverse is an issue. But the front doesn't seem to break any laws.
I'm assuming they print these under subsection Y of 31 U.S. Code § 5112 - Denominations, specifications, and design of coins. Which pertains to these 250th anniversary coins.
The part I see mentioned in this thread frequently applies to a separate subsection (n) for a run of $1 presidential coins that has since ended.
If you just read subsection Y in a vacuum, they are good to go. This part at the bottom though says that the reverse can't be a 'portrait'.
So this isn't really slam dunk illegal, but I don't think that the draft of the coins reverse will make it to print. I would fully expect the front to come out just like that though based on my interpretation.
(aa)Standards and General Provisions for Circulating Collectible Coins Under Subsections (x), (y), and (z).—
(1)Prohibition on certain representations.—
No head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included in the design on the reverse of any coin under subsections (x), (y), and (z).
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Only after he's been dead for 2 years or more can his visage be printed on a U.S. coin.
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Surely a 30 cent (or maybe 70 cent or some other not really believable and pretty much useless) coin value would better represent Trump.
I'd say a 47¢ coin would be perfect. Plays into his ego, impossible to do math with so no one would actually use it, and it's a few cents short of a normal functioning thing.
A perfect match for the character of the man whose face would be on the coin!
... Did an AI generate those pictures, or just an amateur or...? 🤣
The Orange Overlord himself, most likely.
This is just bait for people to point out that it's illegal to commemorate a living president.
At which point they'll feign "oopsies" and—surprising absolutely nobody—proceed to roll out a Charlie Kirk coin.
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One time I came home drunk at night and had a campfire out back. For some reason, I had the urge to burn a few dollar bills that I had in my pocket, I think because money was such a concern for me at the time and the simple act of burning a few of these life-tickets upon which we all depend felt freeing.
Now this, I would invest in a torch and smelting pot for these ones. Or stamp Epstein on the other side and leave them strewn about.
What is one more felony? Perhaps someone can be found guilty and sentenced to no punishment.
That date range seems about right.
Have them commission a trump trillion dollar coin to get the nation back on it's feet again and end the shutdown. His ego would love that idea and the rest of the country could get on with their business.
Have we ever done this with a sitting president ever? This has such “great leader” vibes.
No we haven't because we explicitly made that illegal for that very reason
Kings and queens have legal tender with their face on it during their tenure...
When is the official coronation of trump scheduled? 2027?
If such a coin exists ever exists, I hope all of them end up with deep scratches across the face.
Also, “Fight fight fight” sounds more like the Itchy and Scratchy theme song than some democratic saying.
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