USA 250th commemorative coin.

[JeffH]

The US treasury has just announced they will soon be issuing a $1 gold commemorative coin for their semiquincentennial.
This despite their 1866 law that only deceased people could appear on American currency to avoid the appearance the US was a monarchy.



Who is intending to get one, bound to be a valuable collector's item in future...............or maybe not! Doesn't look orange enough I think.

[Triggersmob]

Haha, yeah, they need a colourised version.

[Sapyx]

The United States does not currently have on it's books any law prohibiting a US president (or any other living person) from appearing on the coinage. The 1866 law you've mentioned only prohibits living persons from appearing on paper money. It is only convention, rather than law, that has prevented such things from happening in the past - and there have been living persons appearing on coins in the past, including a living serving president on the 1926 sesquicentennial half dollar.

I'm seeing all kinds of reports about these coins - I can't tell if these are actual gold, or "golden dollars".

[JeffH]

The United States does not currently have on it's books any law prohibiting a US president (or any other living person) from appearing on the coinage. The 1866 law you've mentioned only prohibits living persons from appearing on paper money. It is only convention, rather than law, that has prevented such things from happening in the past - and there have been living persons appearing on coins in the past, including a living serving president on the 1926 sesquicentennial half dollar.

I'm seeing all kinds of reports about these coins - I can't tell if these are actual gold, or "golden dollars".

Thanks for the information. Looks like the SMH didn't get it quite right.

[gweidion]

I'm seeing all kinds of reports about these coins - I can't tell if these are actual gold, or "golden dollars".

Shouldn't the price (cost) be an indicator? If it is real gold it will be dear, rather than if it is fool's gold.

[Tanecoins]

That coin is beyond horrible and nearly got me banned on Numista forums, as they have an American Trump supporter called TCon who jumps down our throats if we criticise Donald Trump.

The coin is f#$k ugly and an aberration to the free world. Donald Trump changed the laws in 2020 to allow living presidents to show only on the reverse of a coin, rather than an obverse where monarchs and people usually appear. The US mint is staffed with Trump cronies and yes men. They are also the reason why prices of US Mint products shot up some 3 - 4x like a Uncirculated set going from $35 in 2024 to $125 in 2025, with no improvement in packaging or prices.

[Tanecoins]

The coin is not gold, its the usual gold coloured manganese muck metal of the standard dollar coins, but only 8 million will be minted and most sold as collector pieces.