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Trump Picks Louisiana Baw, LSU Graduate, to Run U.S. Mint
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:06 am
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:06 am
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President Donald Trump has nominated Louisiana state school board member Paul Hollis to run the U.S. Mint, which is responsible for producing American coin money.
“It’s been a life’s dream to have this opportunity,” said Hollis, who started studying coins as a child and works as a rare coin dealer professionally.
https://lailluminator.com/2025/07/17/trump-picks-louisiana-state-school-board-member-coin-aficionado-to-run-u-s-mint/
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After graduating from LSU in 1994, Hollis spent a decade working for Blanchard and Co., a rare coin and precious metals firm in New Orleans. He eventually started his own rare coin business and, in 2011, published a book, “American Numismatist,” which explored the nation’s coin production through history.
“I don’t think there is anybody better qualified than me” to run the U.S. Mint, Hollis said in an interview Thursday.
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In the job, Hollis would oversee six manufacturing plants, where American coins and honorary medals are made, as well as the Mint’s 500 law enforcement agents. The director is also in charge of the U.S. government’s gold reserve in Kentucky, known as Fort Knox.
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Hollis said he reached out to President Donald Trump and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, ahead of the 2024 election to express interest in becoming the Mint director if Trump won a second term. Johnson and Hollis served in the Louisiana House together and are friends, Hollis said.
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Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:07 am to Shexter
Looks like this baw loves coins.
Good pick.
Good pick.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:08 am to Shexter
he'll make a mint with that job
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:09 am to Shexter
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started studying coins as a child and works as a rare coin dealer professionally.
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Paul Hollis to run the U.S. Mint, which is responsible for producing American coin money.
makes Cents.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:09 am to Shexter
I wonder why they put ridges on coins
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:11 am to MorbidTheClown
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makes Cents.
he's a witty guy, looking forward to hearing him coin some new phrases
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:12 am to el Gaucho
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I wonder why they put ridges on coins
For her pleasure.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:13 am to Shexter
He'll put his stamp on that job.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:14 am to Tortious
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I wonder why they put ridges on coins
For her pleasure.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:14 am to FightinTigersDammit
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He'll put his stamp on that job.
I'll bet a buffalo nickel he'll become a national treasury
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:18 am to Shexter
Six head
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:24 am to Shexter
Damn, if he can print money, LSU's NIL is about to explode!
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:30 am to Shexter
Here’s an update on the U.S. Mint Competition score
LSU 1
Bama 0
CHA-CHING!!!!
LSU 1
Bama 0
CHA-CHING!!!!
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:33 am to Shexter
can only be good for the NIL
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:34 am to FightinTigersDammit
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He'll put his stamp on that job.
I bet his wife is a dime.
This post was edited on 7/18/25 at 10:36 am
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:35 am to supadave3
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He'll put his stamp on that job.
His wife is a dime.
before he got this job he didn't have two nickels to rub together
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:36 am to Shexter
Way to Geaux, Paul, bring back the mints at the counter to pay at Piccadilly
This post was edited on 7/18/25 at 10:37 am
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:39 am to el Gaucho
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I wonder why they put ridges on coins
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Well, back when coins were made of precious metals like gold and silver, one thing that clever and criminal people would do was to “clip” the money, which was the shave off a tiny portion of the edge of a coin. If you shaved a tiny piece off of 20 1 pound gold coins, you might have another pound sterling worth of gold. You started with 20 pounds, but, now because you clipped, have 21 pounds. You debased the currency, and made yourself richer in the process. What does this have to do with ridges on quarters? Well, one way they started trying to fight this problem was to add ridges to coins, and, if the coin was lacking its ridges, you knew it had been clipped, and might be less willing to accept it. Ridges made coins much more clip-proof, and as a result, help resolve the problem of clipping coins. In the US, quarters, and dimes, half dollars, and dollar coins, all used to have some silver content, and that was why they had ridges–to stop clipping. We kept the ridges as a design feature even with the silver now gone.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:41 am to Shexter
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It’s been a life’s dream to have this opportunity,” said Hollis, who started studying coins as a child and works as a rare coin dealer professionally.
What a dork
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:41 am to HeadCall
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It’s been a life’s dream to have this opportunity,” said Hollis, who started studying coins as a child and works as a rare coin dealer professionally.
What a dork
and he looks the part
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