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BumRushDaShow

(161,104 posts)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 05:14 AM 9 hrs ago

New Trump move to etch his face on $1 coin hits snag as critics note he'd have to be dead

Source: Raw Story

October 3, 2025 5:16PM ET


The U.S. Treasury Department intends to mint a $1 coin with President Donald Trump on it, Fox Business News announced on Friday, but keen observers note a possible major snag.

"Despite the radical left's forced shutdown of our government, the facts are clear: Under the historic leadership of President Donald J. Trump, our nation is entering its 250th anniversary stronger, more prosperous, and better than ever," said a Treasury Department spokesperson in a statement to Fox Business.

Several people pointed out that the 1866 Thayer amendment, passed by Republican Martin Russell Thayer, and subsequent laws prohibit living people from being depicted on American currency. So, for Trump to put himself on a coin, the law says he would have to die.

Defector captured a page from the U.S. Treasury website that confirms the law in a "Frequently Asked Questions" section.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-coin-2674153247/

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New Trump move to etch his face on $1 coin hits snag as critics note he'd have to be dead (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP
When has the law stopped tsf? Never. chicoescuela 9 hrs ago #1
It's a tough choice but, ok. Buddyzbuddy 7 hrs ago #2
Good trade. Sneederbunk 2 hrs ago #49
For $1 you can leave it face up in a urinal! PurgedVoter 7 hrs ago #3
Brilliant! Gimpyknee 6 hrs ago #10
Just think of the increase in beer sales Klondike Kat 6 hrs ago #13
Depending on the size of the coin..... SergeStorms 2 hrs ago #51
On Don We Piss trusty elf 2 hrs ago #52
Putting the crazy before the urinal. Kid Berwyn 2 hrs ago #57
A true MAGAt wouldn't care, they'd grab it up in the blink of an eye. ToxMarz 32 min ago #66
I'm ok with that. James48 7 hrs ago #4
Yeah, seems like a bargain. Maybe we can have Miller on the penny? Grokenstein 6 hrs ago #5
The funeral will fuckup the weekend, but I'm okay with it Submariner 6 hrs ago #6
You could attend.... SergeStorms 2 hrs ago #54
With the pending funeral approaching Submariner 24 min ago #67
maybe they could make that happen if they want the coin badly enough LymphocyteLover 6 hrs ago #7
Make it orange and worthless. Realism. twodogsbarking 6 hrs ago #8
Good one ! chouchou 4 hrs ago #23
If he upholds the law Marthe48 6 hrs ago #9
Copper is orange colored.. BattleRow 4 hrs ago #25
First, Trump dies. I'm good with that. Martin Eden 6 hrs ago #11
Or the Treasury... SergeStorms 2 hrs ago #56
Some animals are more equal than others GusBob 6 hrs ago #12
They got rid of the penny to save minting costs, now they want to make a $1 coin that nobody wants? progree 6 hrs ago #14
"I guess people prefer pouring in an endless stream of quarters into slots" BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #15
More and more places are charging extra for using a credit card, including my favorite restaurant just started that progree 5 hrs ago #17
Well like other transit systems BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #58
MetroTransit (Minneapolis - St.Paul) has a Go Card, also an app progree 1 hr ago #62
I have a SEPTA Keycard that I bought about 7 years ago BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #65
When I was a checker at a grocery store I used to buy all the silver dollars & Kennedy half dollars that I came across. CrispyQ 4 hrs ago #35
I keep stack of $2 bills JohnnyRingo 3 hrs ago #38
There's a bill tracking site called Where's George? that I used to participate in. CrispyQ 3 hrs ago #39
There have actually been 5 people depicted on US coins while they were still alive RazorbackExpat 5 hrs ago #16
Yes, I believe there is an exception for "commemorative" coins. thesquanderer 4 hrs ago #20
But the real story is that WE DON'T WANT HIM on any coin, whether he's alive or dead is irrelevant FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #30
The laws have been changed since at least 4 out of 5 of your examples.... Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #26
Commemorative coins issued by the US Mint are indeed, legal tender RazorbackExpat 11 min ago #68
dRump envies King Chuckles, as this is what monarchies do for their sovereign. Eugene 5 hrs ago #18
Um... lonely bird 4 hrs ago #19
If that's what it takes . . . AverageOldGuy 4 hrs ago #21
Can that be arranged? meow2u3 4 hrs ago #22
Put his face on a 3 dollar bill. People would know it's a phony piece-of-shit. chouchou 4 hrs ago #24
And put Vance on a 17 dollar bill so you can get both as change for a 20. generalbetrayus 2 hrs ago #48
No thanks, I'll stick to my GW paper dollar. no_hypocrisy 4 hrs ago #27
Trump should visit one of those states where assisted suicide is legal--- Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #28
Well, that would be fine with me.... Figarosmom 4 hrs ago #29
trump cannot appear on currency unless he has died LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #31
A more deserving memorial... Kid Berwyn 4 hrs ago #32
If that POS LPBBEAR 4 hrs ago #33
Deal ACCEPTED! Dead Trump for his ugly mug DenaliDemocrat 4 hrs ago #34
First question: "Whose idea was this????" Grins 3 hrs ago #36
Do such laws matter anymore? JohnnyRingo 3 hrs ago #37
Hurry up donald Historic NY 3 hrs ago #40
Then he needs to get it done. Sooner rather than later. Autumn 3 hrs ago #41
Make it so Bayard 3 hrs ago #42
Oh, look. It's his fight for billionaires and pedophiles pose. Rhiagel 3 hrs ago #43
Someone (I'll let you guess the political party affiliation) WestMichRad 3 hrs ago #44
He already has his bitcoin. Turbineguy 3 hrs ago #45
This version of the trump coin makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #46
.... BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #47
In good conscience...... SergeStorms 2 hrs ago #50
I'm fine with that. n/t CousinIT 2 hrs ago #53
I used to work for Lionel Trains PXR-5 2 hrs ago #55
TACO's supreme court MissouriDem47 2 hrs ago #59
I'd actually love to see Trump's image on coins, as long as they as inscribed with "Never Forget. Never Again." Midnight Writer 1 hr ago #60
Roman Emperors Did It Deep State Witch 1 hr ago #61
The silver lining on a dark cloud. cstanleytech 1 hr ago #63
Only 2 items his face belongs Pas-de-Calais 1 hr ago #64
I hope that he acts quickly to resolve this snag Orrex 59 sec ago #69

chicoescuela

(2,367 posts)
1. When has the law stopped tsf? Never.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 05:21 AM
9 hrs ago

We’ll see his ugly ass on a coin well before we see the Epstein files.

PurgedVoter

(2,613 posts)
3. For $1 you can leave it face up in a urinal!
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:48 AM
7 hrs ago

So worth it. Just spend an extra dollar every time you have to pee while you are out and about. Soon enough folk will try to avoid getting them in change cause they don't know where it might have been.

Klondike Kat

(913 posts)
13. Just think of the increase in beer sales
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:15 AM
6 hrs ago

in pubs across the country. But remember to find alternate transportation home.

SergeStorms

(19,795 posts)
51. Depending on the size of the coin.....
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:11 PM
2 hrs ago

it might make a suitable tool for removing......"leftovers" from the solid waste area of the human anatomy. Then they could be flushed away to a place suitable for his likeness.

ToxMarz

(2,572 posts)
66. A true MAGAt wouldn't care, they'd grab it up in the blink of an eye.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 02:04 PM
32 min ago

Probably lick it clean out of reverence.

SergeStorms

(19,795 posts)
54. You could attend....
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:20 PM
2 hrs ago

one of the many celebrations that would certainly pop-up throughout the country. A three day Bacchanalia would undoubtedly destroy the brain cells which retain all memory of the putrid orange turd, and revive the human spirit within us all.

Submariner

(13,150 posts)
67. With the pending funeral approaching
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 02:12 PM
24 min ago

I should probably spend more time leasing and shipping hundreds of these bicycle bars funeral procession vehicles to the DC parade route staging area. This is going to be such fun. I bet Stevie Miiler and Donnie Jr will be pissed when they see it.

Marthe48

(21,986 posts)
9. If he upholds the law
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:54 AM
6 hrs ago

Fine.

He won't. But cheap alloy dollar coins aren't popular, and coinage in general, like traitor felon, is going the way of the dinosaur.



BattleRow

(1,842 posts)
25. Copper is orange colored..
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:53 AM
4 hrs ago

Makes the phrase "dirty copper" come to mind.. although that's usually applied to polICE.

progree

(12,392 posts)
14. They got rid of the penny to save minting costs, now they want to make a $1 coin that nobody wants?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:22 AM
6 hrs ago

Given how well-accepted past $1 coins have been - the Susan B. Anthony and the Sacagawea?

Actually I wish the $1 coins were more popular, but I guess people prefer pouring in an endless stream of quarters into slots or feeding $1 paper bills into temperamental bill readers.

BumRushDaShow

(161,104 posts)
15. "I guess people prefer pouring in an endless stream of quarters into slots"
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:34 AM
6 hrs ago

We are rapidly moving to the point of "tap and go" payments, with a whole generation who is averse to any "cash". Even the modern casino slot machines are slowly moving to "cashless" (with the pandemic accelerating that move) - U.S. casinos push for cashless gambling payments, citing virus



I think this is why many have pushed for a "transaction tax" as a revenue generator due to stuff like that.

progree

(12,392 posts)
17. More and more places are charging extra for using a credit card, including my favorite restaurant just started that
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:42 AM
5 hrs ago

so as not to raise their menu prices (as much) while actually charging more. My second favorite place has been doing that for several years.

I have bus fare and soft-drink / snack vending machines in mind when I think of $1 coins.

BumRushDaShow

(161,104 posts)
58. Well like other transit systems
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:29 PM
2 hrs ago

Philly has a "keycard" thing to "tap and go" and are (finally) moving to an app-fare option -





I know a lot of vending machines still require cash but some have moved to a debit/credit card option. The parking kiosks (both city parking and private lot kiosks) also have some kind of card or app scan option (where they were using $1 coins for change return in the past).

progree

(12,392 posts)
62. MetroTransit (Minneapolis - St.Paul) has a Go Card, also an app
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:59 PM
1 hr ago

I've been using the Go Card for over 15 years - just hold it up to or on the card reader thingy and wait for the beep.

I've always carried some quarters in case my card isn't working and they push me for alternative payment, but they never have.

I recently lost my card, so I paid for a couple trips with quarters until I got a new one.

I even screwed up with the quarters the first time. First I asked where they go, I couldn't figure it out in a moment or two. Then I dumped my 4 quarters in all at once (senior rate). Nope, that doesn't work, they have to be fed in one at a time.

As for the app, I've just never warmed up to it. Seems complicated, but anyway, one buys tickets in advance with it. Then one activates a ticket when one sees the bus coming. And then show the driver the phone with the ticket displayed. I've never used it.

The Go Card is easier than that. And I cannot warm up to getting on a bus with phone in hand and all that, especially when I'm hauling $150 in groceries at the same time. I don't like taking my phone out of my pocket unless I absolutely have to. Mostly because I may drop it or misplace it. But also because of the phone snatchers

Opinion Once vibrant, Minneapolis-St. Paul is in decline. What happened?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/105914948

Serious crime is way up since before the death of George Floyd. In Minneapolis, homicides increased 43%, auto theft surged 67% and vandalism rose 73%, per data from the Minneapolis Crime Dashboard comparing Jan. 1-Sept. 15, 2019, vs. Jan. 1-Sept. 15, 2025. While facing some of the highest rates of crime and violence in Minneapolis’s history, CBS News reports, the Minneapolis police force is down 40% in the last four years
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BumRushDaShow

(161,104 posts)
65. I have a SEPTA Keycard that I bought about 7 years ago
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:33 PM
1 hr ago

and have yet to use but have it "just in case". I rode public transit to school for 9 years (was at a close-by school to walk the first 3 years), and to work for the first 3 years and pretty much have driven since (not counting Amtrak trips).

The train schedules got worse and worse when I was working where it was faster (and cheaper when carpooling) to drive.

I was just happy with the "tap and go" credit cards with the RF chips (first time I used one on the first card I have that got that was when I was in Canada in Niagara Falls (on the Canadian side) 11 years ago in a restaurant.

I also keep quarters as there are still some old parking meters that don't have kiosks and when I get air for my tires, the machines take quarters (although some now have some kind of electronic pay option).

I will say that since they transferred my scripts to CVS from Rite Aid, I have had a dickens of a time dealing with the CVS "app check-in" thing. The app "works" when I'm at home putzing with it but in the pharmacy, there are apparently issues with the cell signals and the QR code page in the app just spins on my phone (a new T-Mobile iPhone 17 Pro) when trying to pull it up to scan on the kiosk thing.

CrispyQ

(40,278 posts)
35. When I was a checker at a grocery store I used to buy all the silver dollars & Kennedy half dollars that I came across.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:32 AM
4 hrs ago

When I left that job I had about $700. Sounds impressive but I was there for 10 years. Now I have a piggy bank collection & nothing makes me happier than when I have to buy a new one. I bought a couple of vintage banks, small ones, & after filling them realized they don't have stoppers to get the money out. Oops.

JohnnyRingo

(20,196 posts)
38. I keep stack of $2 bills
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:44 AM
3 hrs ago

The banks all have them and they're good for adding to a tip when called for.

CrispyQ

(40,278 posts)
39. There's a bill tracking site called Where's George? that I used to participate in.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:55 AM
3 hrs ago

First you go to wheresgeorge.com & enter your bill serial numbers, where you got it, & what condition it's in. Then you stamp or mark your bills with a message to go to wheresgeorge.com to track the bill. It was fun & I got a few hits, which is surprising cuz I didn't circulate many bills. The son of a friend circulated a ton of new bills every month & he got a lot of hits. The best hit I got was a bill that ended up in Mexico. Since people don't use cash so much anymore I don't know if you'd get many hits. ???

Where's George?

RazorbackExpat

(628 posts)
16. There have actually been 5 people depicted on US coins while they were still alive
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:37 AM
5 hrs ago

Governor Thomas Kilby was depicted on the 1921 Alabama centennial half dollar;

President Calvin Coolidge was depicted on the 1926 US sesquicentennial half dollar;

Senator Joseph T. Robinson was depicted on one of the Arkansas centennial half dollars of the 1930s;

Senator Carter Glass was depicted on the 1936 Lynchburg, Virginia commemorative half dollar;

Eunice Kennedy Shriver was depicted on the 1995 Special Olympics commemorative dollar

thesquanderer

(12,799 posts)
20. Yes, I believe there is an exception for "commemorative" coins.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:43 AM
4 hrs ago

Which would make this a non-story.

FakeNoose

(38,853 posts)
30. But the real story is that WE DON'T WANT HIM on any coin, whether he's alive or dead is irrelevant
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:03 AM
4 hrs ago

When Chump finally kicks the bucket - hopefully soon - I never want to see his face again.
I never want to read a news story about him ever again.
Memorials and commemoratives are off the table.

Nobody will visit his effing "Library" in Miami either, except maybe to burn it down.

Jack Valentino

(3,454 posts)
26. The laws have been changed since at least 4 out of 5 of your examples....
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:54 AM
4 hrs ago

and "commemorative coins" are not US legal tender....

I have a President Obama coin in a drawer somewhere,
but it was not issued by the United States Government....


RazorbackExpat

(628 posts)
68. Commemorative coins issued by the US Mint are indeed, legal tender
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 02:25 PM
11 min ago

Any coin produced by any US Mint, since the first Cent was produced at Philadelphia in 1793, is technically legal tender (exceptions are coins produced for foreign entities, such as the Philippine and Panama issues). Most modern commemorative coins do not circulate because their issue price or precious metal price is far above their face value. For example, the gold San Francisco Old Mint coin of 2006 has a face value of $5, but the gold in it is worth around $900. But the 4 half dollar coins I mentioned actually circulated at one time.

lonely bird

(2,562 posts)
19. Um...
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:39 AM
4 hrs ago

Stronger, more prosperous and better than ever?

You have to be drunk, stoned, stupid or brain dead to believe that.

AverageOldGuy

(3,025 posts)
21. If that's what it takes . . .
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:47 AM
4 hrs ago

. . . I’ll gladly carry a couple of Trump dollar coins in my pocket.

Jack Valentino

(3,454 posts)
28. Trump should visit one of those states where assisted suicide is legal---
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:57 AM
4 hrs ago

then he can legally get his decapitated head to appear on a U.S. coin that is legal....

Hell, he should do that regardless of the coin issues....


LPBBEAR

(578 posts)
33. If that POS
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:12 AM
4 hrs ago

manages to get his ugly mug on currency I won't accept it. The stores and the banks will just have to give me real money, not monopoly money.

Grins

(8,913 posts)
36. First question: "Whose idea was this????"
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:37 AM
3 hrs ago

Did some apparatchik reach deep into his ass and pull this one out? Or did it come from on-high? Really high?

Did the seething clinical-narcissist and black hole of despair and debauchery personally come up with this one? Like he did with the Covid checks that he INSISTED be signed by him and not the Treasure Secretary?

JohnnyRingo

(20,196 posts)
37. Do such laws matter anymore?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:40 AM
3 hrs ago

If congress allows it and the courts shrug their robed shoulders, who's going to stop it?
We're in a bad place right now.

WestMichRad

(2,671 posts)
44. Someone (I'll let you guess the political party affiliation)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:20 AM
3 hrs ago

… has probably already written an amendment to the eventual must -pass budget bill, to overturn the 1866 Thayer Amendment.

Turbineguy

(39,456 posts)
45. He already has his bitcoin.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:22 AM
3 hrs ago

And it's backed by Trump.

And you know, if it's backed by trump, you know it's good!

SergeStorms

(19,795 posts)
50. In good conscience......
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:06 PM
2 hrs ago

I can't recommend anything that has to do with that disgusting piece of excrement.

PXR-5

(548 posts)
55. I used to work for Lionel Trains
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:21 PM
2 hrs ago

Back during his first term. We always made train cars in honor of past presidents. The board said let's do Trump, but we had the same policy that the president had to be dead.

Keep in mind the company was composed of mostly liberals, but for the sake of money, they made an exception and produced a Trump car. It was one of the best selling cars ever, like nothing we've ever seen before. Despicable.

Midnight Writer

(24,818 posts)
60. I'd actually love to see Trump's image on coins, as long as they as inscribed with "Never Forget. Never Again."
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:41 PM
1 hr ago

Deep State Witch

(12,278 posts)
61. Roman Emperors Did It
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:41 PM
1 hr ago

Why can't he? I mean, who wouldn't want a side shot of Orange Julius Caesar and his wattles on their coin?

I just wonder if the gold will come off like his bronzer does?

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