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To me he looks like Jimmy Carter. But I wanted to know if I go to the store can I use it for 1 dollar?   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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But I wanted to know if I go to the store can I use it for 1 dollar? No. It's not an actual US coin - it's a third-party medal. No Donald Trump $1 coin has been issued. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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United States
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The US Mint only issues coins after a person passes away.
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Russian Federation
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It's very like a souvenir dollar. And you don't pay them. I think it will be a crime if you try to give it to the seller buying a chocolate bar.
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Australia
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I wouldn't pay 1c for it.
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The US Mint only issues coins after a person passes away. In theory that's true, and according to the US Constitution it's law, but...........................this coin was minted/issued in 1995 and it/she didn't die till 2008.  Edited by Alpha33
05/08/2022 1:11 pm
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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and according to the US Constitution it's law... This is inaccurate. The US Constitution does not have any language to this effect. It does, however, give the US Congress the authority to coin money and regulate its value; it also prohibits individual States from producing its own money. To read more about the topic, and see more coins that are in the "Living Person" category, check out: - Quick Bits #07 - Alive And Well (At The Time!)Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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It wasn't federal law that you had to be dead for two years to be on a circulating coin until the Presidential dollar coin program started in 2007. Roosevelt and Kennedy appeared on their coins in less than 2 years after their deaths. |
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The US Mint only issues coins after a person passes away. The enabling legislation for the US $1 Presidential Series does include language that prevents the Mint from striking a Presidential $1 unless the President in question has been deceased for at least two years (part of why it took the time it did for the George W. Bush coin). but the Mint has previously issued coins featuring individuals who were alive at the time the coin was released. See link in my previous post for more on the story. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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