Get your Semiquincentennial President Donald J. Trump 2026 $1 Coin today at noon

I foresee people losing their shite over this!

Bronze medal Barry

This sets a bad precedent. I wonder how y'all would respond to the "President Jon Ossoff" $1 coin in 2029..."Celebrating Religious Diversity in America."

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FYI...Dems will do it no matter what. Stop being scared

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They can now. No one would have dreamed of doing this before Trump (I know...Coolidge coin...).

Would be badass if it were but I think it's his official 2nd term portrait

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Stop being a bitch and crying about a coin

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Not a huge deal. It just makes us look like a Banana Republic. Aren't y'all a little embarrassed about all the official names honoring a sitting president regarding things paid for by taxpayers??

That means, if petty, each new president will just change names/images.

Anyhow, the law isn't that clear



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The relevant statute is Public Law 116-330, enacted January 13, 2021. It amended 31 U.S.C. § 5112 by adding subsections (x), (y), (z), and (aa). ?
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What it says about the 2026 $1 coin
Section 3 added 31 U.S.C. § 5112(y), titled:
“Redesign and issuance of coins emblematic of the United States Semiquincentennial.”
It specifically says Treasury may, during the one-year period beginning January 1, 2026, mint:
“$1 dollar coins with designs emblematic of the United States semiquincentennial.”
That's the provision being used to authorize the Trump $1 coin. ?
Congress.gov
But then comes Section 6, which is extremely important.
The Act added § 5112(aa)(1):
“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).”
Subsection (y) is the semiquincentennial provision—the provision under which the 2026 $1 coin is being issued. ?
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So what does that mean for Trump?
It depends on which side of the coin his portrait is on.
The statute does not prohibit Trump's portrait on the obverse.
It does prohibit a portrait of a living person on the reverse.
That's a critical distinction.
The initial Trump coin designs showed:
Obverse: Trump's profile
Reverse: Trump raising his fist, based on the July 2024 assassination attempt
If the final coin has Trump's portrait on the reverse, that appears to be a straightforward violation of §5112(aa)(1).
If Trump's portrait is only on the obverse, §5112(aa)(1) by itself does not prohibit it.
And this changes the §5114(b) issue
This actually makes the question we were discussing earlier much more interesting.
We don't necessarily have to rely on the ambiguous phrase “United States currency” in §5114(b).
Congress enacted a much more specific provision concerning these exact coins:
§5112(aa)(1) ? applies to coins under §5112(y) ? §5112(y) specifically authorizes the 2026 semiquincentennial $1 coins.
And Congress specifically said no portrait of a living person may appear on the reverse. ?
Congress.gov
So if the final Trump coin has his likeness on both sides, the government's legal position is considerably more difficult to defend.
The interesting question now is whether the Trump image on the reverse actually qualifies as a “portrait” under the statute. That's potentially the administration's best argument—particularly because the reverse design is an image of Trump with his fist raised rather than a conventional head-and-shoulders portrait.
But the statute doesn't merely prohibit a “head and shoulders portrait”. It separately prohibits:
“no portrait of a living person”
So the government's argument would have to be that the reverse image isn't a portrait of Trump, despite unmistakably depicting him.
That is a much harder question than whether §5114(b) applies to coins at all.

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It just makes us look like a Banana Republic.

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It just makes us look like a Banana Republic.

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Was Queen Elizabeth elected?

That's the difference. For healthy republics, using taxpayer funds to glorify sitting elected officials is generally frowned up because it's seen as partisan gain at taxpayer expense.

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You said having a current head of state on currency is, and I quote, “Banana Republic”.

Own it.

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You're right. I should have said "head of government."