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by Findecanor 251 days ago
Weird design. The side with "Liberty" has the face of Donald Trump and "1776–2026", but he isn't dead.

Oh ...

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'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.