The #PEDODOLLAR with the likeness of DJT was just minted and released. The conspiring between the US mint and DJT must have been monumental as, no living person's likeness is to be used on legal tender.
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The #PEDODOLLAR with the likeness of DJT was just minted and released. The conspiring between the US mint and DJT must have been monumental as, no living person's likeness is to be used on legal tender.
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SS, The Thayer Amendment: This 1866 law prohibited the use of the image of any living person on “the bonds, securities, notes, or postal currency of the United States.” It was an outgrowth of a silly act of vanity committed by Treasury Department official Spencer Clark, who decided to put himself on banknotes intended to honor explorer William Clark, of Lewis and Clark fame. The congressional bill authorizing the creation of the note only specified that it should honor “Clark,” and so Spencer Clark decided to memorialize himself.
Presidential $1 Coin Act: This 2005 law outlined the circumstances for creating a series of $1 coins honoring American presidents. The law explicitly stated, “No coin issued…may bear the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death of that President.”
I guess there are special rules for pedophiles? The level of conspiring to make the #pedodollar a reality is breathtaking.
The strangest thing about this coin, and I couldn’t find any other example, is the date. 1776-2026. Is this foreshadowing that we are done? Normally the coins just have the printed date. I might be wrong but cannot find a coin with a beginning date and current date.
He will do anything to distract from the Epstein files.
While U.S. law generally prohibits living people from appearing on U.S. coins and currency, the Treasury Department authorized the $1 semiquincentennial coin featuring Donald Trump under a specific legal loophole.
The Legal & Technical Basis
* The 2020 Law: In 2020, Congress passed the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act (CCRA). The legislation authorized the Treasury Secretary to mint special $1 coins for the nation’s 250th anniversary (1776–2026).
* The Obverse vs. Reverse Loophole: The CCRA explicitly states that no portrait of a living person can be used on the reverse (back) of the coins. Administration officials relied on this phrasing, noting that placing Trump’s face on the obverse (front/heads side) complies with the specific letter of that statute.
* Treasury Authority: Executive branch officials noted that federal statutes give the Treasury Secretary discretion to approve special collectible coin designs for historic milestones.
Historical Precedent
Although unusual, this is not the first time a sitting U.S. president has appeared on American money. In 1926, President Calvin Coolidge appeared alongside George Washington on a silver half-dollar commemorating the nation’s 150th anniversary (Sesquicentennial).
Controversy
The decision bypasses a long-standing U.S. tradition dating back to the Founding Era, which banned living presidents from currency to distinguish the American republic from European monarchies that put reigning monarchs on coins. Members of advisory committees and critics argued that the move pushes legal boundaries and breaks democratic norms, though the U.S. Mint pushed forward with production as a legal tender collectible.
Cheers!
It is a presidential medal. Please learn something.
Bush, Obama (one for each term) biden, etc. They all have them.
https://www.usmint.gov/presidential-coins-medals/?start=0&sz=18
oohhh I have an idea lets vote for a guy with dementia again that will socket to those magarats!!! We taught them last time.
Congress passed a law in 2021 allowing this.
Trump wasn’t even in office.