Donald Trump Is Putting His Face on Both Sides of a New Coin. U.S. Treasury Reveals 'First Drafts' (people.com)

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[-] deadbeef79000 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

How is it illegal? I'm assuming there is a federal mint but it's under the legislature's jurisdiction? Something like that?

There's also a 'two-faced' pun in there somewhere.

Found out why.

To avoid the appearance of a monarchy, it was long-standing tradition to only feature portraits of deceased individuals on currency and coin. That tradition became law with an 1866 Act of Congress.

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