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        What a shitty coin. If you’re going to violate a law at least do it for something with taste. Like:

        • an Obama quarter for illinois with a reaper drone
        • a Clinton coin with a dress
        • a Biden coin with a staircase
        • a bush coin with a shoe
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          I would love a Bush / Shoe coin. Who would ever think we would come to view that as not even a top 10 weird moment of a president.

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          Bush with french fries to remind people how you are supposed to react to an asshole who tries to change the name of something.

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      Apparently there’s only 1 law that says that and the way it’s worded applies only to paper money.

      We’ve been relying on politeness and tradition to not do this. So yeah here we are

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      I thought so too! Same with naming public places.

      But this admin shows me over and over again that the USA truly is the country of boundless possibilities.

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    I’m disappointed this hasn’t turned into a caption competition. There isn’t even one edit here in the comments with the text next to his stupid paedo face edited to say something scathing 😟

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    buy em, melt em down, pour them into bullet molds, load them into shells, fire them into nazis, win

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    $2.44 to buy, worth a $1 at face value. The grift that keeps on grifting. Wonder what it costs to make?

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      That’s pretty normal when you’re buying small amounts directly from the mint. You really only do that when you are looking to collect, and intend to hold them in mint condition until the value is increased from rarity years down the line.

      This isn’t particularly special other than the fact that the Mint is barred by law from making coins for living presidents. Well, until now of course because of Trump’s massively inflated ego, complete lack of self awareness, and ignoring laws.

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        They’re actually not barred by law.

        The law prohibits putting a living person on paper currency, and another law prohibits putting a living person on the reverse side of coins. Nothing about the obverse side. It’s only tradition to not put a living person on coins.

        Calvin Coolidge appeared on the Sesquicentennial half dollar while he was president.

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        “rarity years down the line” ain’t true of course. There is no reason to ever buy these as an investment.

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      They learned to charge more after they accidentally “sold” coins at face value and people just bought them for credit card rewards.

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        Ohh I don’t doubt it one bit, but he just went on a rant about how we had to get rid of the penny because it cost too much to make…curious which one it is here lol

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          he just went on a rant about how we had to get rid of the penny

          well, there you go. Upcycling: 1 penny == 1 dollar == 2.44 dollars

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            Hahaha love the use of the term upcycle, doubt they know what that means lol. Doesn’t that rhyme with inflation? 😂

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      It’s a beautiful year. So many years this country has. No thanks to Sleepy Joe. Asleep at the wheel… they say. Everybody says it. Sleeping on the button. This is a failed nation but we can—the democrats, they’re clamoring to rig the election. Crooked Hillary and her cronies are—so many coins from the mint. I said “make me a coin.” And they said it couldn’t be done. But I made them make it. Made the Trump coin. Available now at Spencer’s Gifts.

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    1. Buy them, wait til they are no longer purchasable, then resell them at a massive markup to degen MAGAs.
    2. ???
    3. Profit
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    man, this “man’s” penis (ugh, that put awful thoughts into my head) must be microscopic, given how much he plasters his name/face on everything.

    also, isn’t that the mugshot photo from when he turned himself into jail??