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God, they are so dumb.
Misinformation. Totally false. The barest possible technicality that this is happening and Trump is President, yes. But this is not his work.
- The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 was primarily the work of Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA). But it was a bipartisan bill
- The creator of the coin intended it to represent the colonies in the revolution, i.e. yes, a time of war.
- The final design was approved in 2024 - so if anyone "did" it, it would be Biden
- In place of the olive branch, the bald eagle is in flight clutching arrows in its talons, with one talon left empty. The empty talon is meant to signify that the colonists were waiting for a peace they had not yet reached.
I hope someone will verify what I've said is true and pass it back to the source to let more people know. There's plenty of things wrong - this is not one of them.
If that is what the redesign is about, the meaning placed on it is so wildly contradictory to the imagery. They DID get peace. That's why we have a nation. The idea pushed with this, that the eagle shouldn't have an olive branch because we haven't achieved peace yet is just false. We did. Then we didn't like it, and threw it away.
If you want to make symbolic imagery describing our nation, just make the eagle eat the liver of a small child tied to a rock. Still referencing Greek/roman myths but is more accurate to our way of life.
Feel free to disagree with the imagery as you like. I'm not trying to dissuade you.
But the creator's point was to represent the time during the revolution when peace had not yet been achieved.
Tried to verify what you said by looking up the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1923/text).
That actually does not authorize the issuance of new dimes. It is solely limited to new quarters and dollar coins.
I stopped verifying after that, so it's possible the rest of what you said is true? But the first bullet doesn't seem to be accurate.
Good eye! However:
"Notwithstanding the 4th, 5th, and 6th sentences of subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may change the design on any of the coins authorized under this section and minted for issuance during the one-year period beginning January 1, 2026..."
The "section" it refers to is 31 U.S.C. § 5112, which is the overarching law that defines all U.S. coinage. By saying "any of the coins," it grants the Treasury Secretary the discretionary power to redesign the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and half dollar for the 2026 anniversary.
Oh nice, missed that!
So Blue MAGA.
I love it though how the Eagle is now looking at its empty claw like: "WTF?!?"
It's a nice symbol for the state the US and lots of its people are currently in.
No peace, only war!
A bit more like Franco's Falangist arrows symbol with some imagination.
Went to look at the previous design and then encountered this from 1936!
No mistaking what that is.
Unfortunately from what I've learned of the US relation to fascism before during and after WW2 I have to say I'm not shocked.
There are also fasces on the fronts of the armrests on the Lincoln memorial statue.
Didn't know that.
Used by Mussolini in 1919, just before completion of the statue.
What's sad is that the obverse of the 250th dime is probably the best of the redesigns. For the first time since 1946, we'd have a circulating coin with an idealized figure of Goddess Liberty instead of a dead politician.
The typography is atrocious though. And the lack of a cohesive design language sucks. The Charles III coinage from the UK are so much better as a thematic set.
Having the personification of manifest destiny (i.e. genocide) on a coin isn't great either.
Yeah, but it was the norm prior to 1909 and was a little more aspirational than "he just got perforated, let's slap his face on the half dollar."
Had to check if it was April 1st already.
this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2026
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