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New Member
Canada
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Anybody have any information about any official commemorative Donald Trump Presidential coins?
I searched the mint website and came up with nothing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't think the Mint does coins on living people
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3469 Posts |
Are you referring to an official medal?
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New Member
 Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can't remember if it's law or policy, but the Mint won't honor a former president on the coin until they have been deceased for a certain amount of time, I believe 3 years. Absolutely will not honor a current president under any circumstances.
In truth, I somewhat doubt that Carter, Bush, Clinton, Bush, or Obama will ever receive their commemorative treatments - the series was woefully unpopular and I don't think they want to entertain one-off releases of single coins.
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Valued Member
United States
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I didn't know these medals existed and have no interest in them whatsoever but I am guessing the Obama medals were out while he was still in office.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
I would hazard to guess that the generation now finishing high school would not be able to name a dozen presidents, let alone in order.
Even those that would qualify probably won't see a circulation issue tacked on the series. Thank goodness.
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Moderator
 United States
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I didn't know these medals existed and have no interest in them whatsoever but I am guessing the Obama medals were out while he was still in office. There is one for each term and I believe they came out towards the end of the term. If this is the norm, I would not expect to see one for Trump until 2019 or 2020 then. |
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Moderator
United States
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As jbuck stated, they usually are available near the end of their term. And there is a different one for each term served. I have one of each president, and picked the better looking year of the two term presidents.
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Moderator
United States
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Okay, children, anything remotely political has been removed.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
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Dang jbuck I was gonna grab a roll of pennys, popcorn ,and watch this decend into chaos.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yeah, c'mon, can't we have just a little fun now and then?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5206 Posts |
And here I thought this was goign to turn into celebrities claiming "if he wins I am going to start collecting Canadian coins"
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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A few notes on the Presidential dollar series: - The legislation authorizing the coins states that only a former president who has been deceased for at least two years at the time his coin would be issued is eligible. - The legislation also states that the program is to terminate with the issue of a coin for the last eligible former president. Once terminated, the program can't be restarted without a new passed by Congress and signed into law by the current president. - The program was terminated because there were no more eligible presidents to honor, it had nothing to do with the popularity of the program. - As the program legally terminated with the issue of a coin for Ronald Reagan, former presidents Jimmy Carter, George HW Bush, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump would only be eligible for a $1 coin if new legislation is passed. - The Mint's Presidential Series of medals do not have any such limitations; medals are generally released while a given president is still in office. Hope that helps clear up any confusion! Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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