A federal commission tasked with approving designs for coinage has approved a 24-karat gold coin featuring President Donald Trump, flouting precedent regarding commemorating living presidents and possibly violating federal law.

The coin, formally meant to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States, shows Trump standing behind a desk, firmly pushing his two fists on top of it while giving a stern look in the direction of the coin holder.

The unanimous vote from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts occurred on Thursday. The commission is composed entirely of people appointed by the president, following his firing of its former members last fall.

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    Looks like the coin of some authoritarian banana republic, pretty much on point therefore.

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      He looks like Frank Underwood from House of Cards. That plus it being illegal to mint coins of a living president tells me The Reaper has a spectacular joke lined up.

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      More like a pathetic threat wannabe
      Just look how tense his shoulders are, because of all his fear

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          Yeah, a frightened animal will leash out, but it’s also easier to estimate it’s actions - even if those actions will be stupid (and I’m not sure if the orange idiot even needs to be frightened for that)

          Still, we can handle and model that, and work against it - because it’s always the fucking same pattern

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    Gross. Imagine having that ugly fat fucks face on a coin for our 250th anniversary… Shameful. Guess since he’s the one that destroyed what we have, it makes sense.

    Pedophile rapist conman no-class-having low life.

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      Seemingly everyone lacking aesthetic taste loves gold

      How shitty do gold armatures look?
      And those dumbasses love it

      You just can’t buy having taste…

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    You could melt it to increase its value, but you know it won’t be made of real gold. Anything with that man’s approval is a lie.

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    ever wonder why every coin says “liberty” in some random spot? the coinage act of 1792 mandates that all coins must depict liberty because the US framers did not like “too monarch-like” effigies, so the people in the 1900s just called it a day by slapping onto Amerindians and historical figures the word LIBERTY

    however, this precise design no longer follows this law, due to the placement of the mounted head making it instead a depiction of LIBFRTY

    /j