• spongebue@lemmy.world
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    The Thayer amendment, added by a Republican representative to a federal appropriations bill in 1866, states explicitly that “no portrait or likeness of any living person shall be engraved or placed upon any of the bonds, securities, notes, or postal currency of the United States.”

    Maybe the rumors of bad health are true and they’re getting ready 🤞

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      Law, what law?

      An explanation of the legislation on an archived page from the Treasury’s website noted that the act “was caused by an uproar over the actions of the chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Spencer Clark,” who had “placed himself on a five-cent note and had a large quantity of them printed before it was noticed.”

      That webpage has been removed from the Treasury’s website.

      A Treasury spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the legality of featuring Mr. Trump on the coin.