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Treasury weighs minting $1 coin with Trump's face for U.S. 250th anniversary (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 13 hours ago

[...] 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

Does the treasury department know something that we don't about events that may or may not happen before the anniversary?