• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    “A roll of 25 coins will cost $61, and a bag of 100 will cost $154.50”

    I love that the per coin cost is either $2.44 or $1.545 depending on how many you buy, but spending them instantly puts you in the hole. LOL.

    So Trumpian!

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      Buying collectors coins direct from the mint always costs more than face value. That’s nothing new or special.

      The mint violating the law to mint this as legal tender (since they claim they’ll be in circulation too) is the actual story.

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        Coolidge did the same thing. It’s just a coin and within the norm for big anniversary years.

        He has so many crimes, this is so minor I’d rather focus on the corruption that you can’t opt out of. Just don’t buy the coin.

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    Are these official US tender? I haven’t seen a new one since Sacagawea but I was a child. How does that even work? LOL

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      Currency law states that no living president can be on them. So this by law would be a collectors item and worth only what others will pay for it or the base materials if you get to the nitty gritty.

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        And yet the Mint says they’ll be in circulation, which indicates they will be distributed as legal tender.

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          That might even make me buy one. I wonder if it’s possible to securely attach it to the bottom of my shitter…

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            I wonder if it’s possible to securely attach it to the bottom of my shitter…

            Definitely! You’ll need to drain the water out first, use some sandpaper to partially remove the glaze where you’d like to affix the coin, and to rough up the coin itself. Then JB Weld or super glue will likely get you where you’re going!

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    Liberty lasted from 1776 to 2026, says right on his coin. Let’s prove the fucker wrong.

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    Tiny-d donnie’s administration is doing the people’s work again, I see.

    How will this improve even one American’s life? I mean besides puffing up little-d donnie’s ego.