President Donald Trump is the first sitting president in a century to appear on a U.S. coin, reviving questions about whether the practice is legal.

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[–] 77 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Legal, illegal. What does it matter. As long as there's no meaningful punishment for it everything is legal. In a highly centralized state or government. Legal is what they allow the peasants to get away with. Legal has no relationship to the standards they hold themselves to.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    take a pair of ordinary pliers & bend the coins in half whenever someone hands you one, then politely hand the mangled coin back with a smiling “No, thank you!”

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    & always keep a pair of pliers on your person

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