President Gets Rid Of The 2026 Quarters.

Actually there was controversy regarding placing a living President on the Commemorative Half Dollar, a rebuke of tradition and earlier warnings from George Washington regarding protecting a republic from descending back to a Monarchy (let alone the spirit of the 1866 Act baring a depiction of living people on currency).

I am sorry but "oh sure" is not the response we should have if the Executive Branch misuses official government communication channels (e.g. website) it is not "entertaining." Both sides "isms" is an excuse to cover the action. Politics and government (political communication, partisan communication and official government communication are not the same thing).

We already knew it...

https://goccf.com/t/485731&whichpage=3#4395190

In my quickly executed research I was only able to find one comment about a person having an issue with putting a living president on a coin


I looked at the original submissions and IMO the new dime and quarter designs are much better



Here are some of the original designs, some of which are almost cartoonish












Compared to the new releases, which seem to be more traditional

Because it wasn't an issue. Living presidents haven't been putting themselves on coins or banknotes. Now one wants to, it's an issue, and people will make their opinion based on history or political beliefs.

In 1866 they had the Thayler Amendment which was made because Spencer Clark (of all people) put his own face on US banknotes. Though maybe this didn't cover coins, because they probably thought nobody would do it. However the spirit is there and has only been broken like six times.



Presidents didn't get on coins until Lincoln in 1909 with the Lincoln Cent.

The US Presidential dollar series said they had to be dead two years to get in the series.

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/onl...coins-768852

Governor T.E. Kilby on the front of the 1921 Alabama Centennial.

President Calvin Coolidge on the front of the 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence.

Senator Carter Glass on the front of the 1936 Lynchburg, Virginia, Sesquicentennial coin.

Senator Joseph T. Robinson on the back of the 1936 Robinson-Arkansas Centennial coin.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver on the obverse of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Silver Dollar.

Nancy Reagan on the 2016 First Spouse $10 Gold Coin.

Note: Nancy Reagan died on March 6, 2016, before the coin was officially released on July 1, 2016. However, the coin was approved and minted by The United States Mint before her death.

So, only six people, and only one of those was a president.

The law is a little dodgy, but the precedent is clear. Trump doesn't care, which is probably why this is going to be so controversial.

They are the same, right down to the designer initials. The differences are in the rendering, likely due to scale (quarter versus large dollar) and the different legends with their different placements. Close enough to say it was recycled.

They always look better in hand, IMHO.

I have not gotten any 2025 change yet.

Of the original proposed designs, I think that CQ-O-02 looks great. Liberty in CQ-O-04 looks possessed with a flame coming out of her hand. As for the new designs, I think that they look much better than the original proposed designs. Still, I'd rather have depictions of liberty than dead presidents.