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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

The $1 Trump coin: legal tender, depending on what you mean by legal

two faces of a coin featuring an image of trump on one side
The new Trump $1 coin – yours for roughly $2.44. Photograph: Department of Treasury/United States Mint/Reuters

Two hallmarks of Donald Trump’s second-term: the president’s enthusiasm for putting his name and face on things, and his cavalier approach to established law.

Today the president is once again combining both those interests, as the government releases a $1 coin bearing his image, an item of currency that scholars say should be illegal, but which is happening anyway. How many times have you heard that in the last 18 months?

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