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Weird design. The side with "Liberty" has the face of Donald Trump and "1776–2026", but he isn't dead.

Oh ...



'Cause they're using loopholes.

HR 1923 ("Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020") [0]: "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 specified coins"

Well... the reverse certainly isn't a head-and-shoulders portrait or bust...

[0]: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1923


As someone living in Europe, I know it’s perfectly normal to have living monarchs on coins. It’s only normal people who have to be dead before getting on them.


In America, living monarchs also get a coin.




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