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demmiblue

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Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:05 PM 22 hrs ago

Fine arts panel urges Mint to make Trump gold coin 'as large as possible' [View all]

Source: MS Now

Members of a federal arts commission voted on Thursday to create a 24-carat commemorative gold coin featuring President Donald Trump — and to make it “as large as possible.”

The Commission of Fine Arts, a seven-person panel appointed by the president, passed a motion calling for the U.S. Treasury to manufacture the coin. The gold piece would feature Trump leaning over the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office on one side and a bald eagle on the other.

Trump personally reviewed and approved the proposed designs for the coins, Megan Sullivan, acting chief of the Office of Design Management at the U.S. Mint, told the panel.

The committee’s vice chairman, James McCrery II, the initial architect for Trump’s White House ballroom project, called for the motion to pass “with the strong encouragement that you make it as large as possible, all the way to three inches in diameter” — the biggest size the Mint has available.

Read more: https://www.ms.now/news/federal-arts-panel-mint-trump-coin-as-large-as-possible



New @ms.now: Members of a federal arts commission voted today to create a 24-carat commemorative gold coin featuring Trump — and urged the U.S. Mint to make it “as large as possible.”

This is the same group that greenlit his WH ballroom plans AND a design for a coin emblazoned w/ Trump's face.

Julianne McShane (@juliannemcshane.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T20:48:51.875Z

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Quick scroll down - nope, not The Onion. Simply unbelievable what's happening these days.... TheRickles 22 hrs ago #1
Love the eagle attacking the ruskie ASSet vermin SheltieLover 22 hrs ago #2
Use it HighFired49 19 hrs ago #18
Yeah, make it the size of a 14" pizza to wear around your neck bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #3
THIS...HAS...TO..... BE... Escape 22 hrs ago #4
It gets harder every week to distinguish the news from SNL (nt) William Seger 14 hrs ago #47
Can't be as big as his head... Bayard 22 hrs ago #5
Ugh. GB_RN 22 hrs ago #6
Here are a few bits with links from an AI (Gemini) summary pat_k 21 hrs ago #11
Just paint a manhole cover gold and slap his picture on it. He will love it. twodogsbarking 21 hrs ago #7
Flashback to the PJs 0rganism 18 hrs ago #22
Somehow.... SergeStorms 21 hrs ago #8
This is the felon's panel of MAGA vulgarians. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts is no more. pat_k 21 hrs ago #9
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Rebl2 21 hrs ago #10
If they want it to be accurate... Trueblue Texan 20 hrs ago #12
Federal arts panel Roy Rolling 20 hrs ago #13
Barf mdbl 19 hrs ago #14
Is Shitler going to wear it around his neck? paleotn 19 hrs ago #15
No effing way! This has to be illegal. Ford_Prefect 19 hrs ago #16
Trump-appointed arts panel approves gold coin featuring president's image Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 19 hrs ago #17
THERE ARE NO LIMITS to his ego, while his soul is null. So Sad. n/t George McGovern 18 hrs ago #19
Fill it with hidden Epstein files. Wonder Why 18 hrs ago #20
Yeah that's whhat I thought of immediately Figarosmom 18 hrs ago #21
I kind of agree. It needs to be far too large and bulky for one person to carry let alone use as currency. 0rganism 17 hrs ago #23
The Trump coin should have a "bald" eagle with a huge blonde comb over. Martin68 17 hrs ago #24
Excellent idea Martin68! Thanks! George McGovern 15 hrs ago #44
99% lead wrapped in a thin layer of gold leaf. OGBuzz 17 hrs ago #25
WTF??? Three inches in diameter? greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #26
A Nobel Prize medal measures 2.6 inches in diameter, so Trump's medal had to be 3 inches. sop 17 hrs ago #27
It's good to see them focused on what's important. SamuelAdams 17 hrs ago #28
Like unto a golden calf.... Jack Valentino 17 hrs ago #29
😀 At least the desk is resolute. Mblaze 17 hrs ago #30
Did I not read something,,, oldsoldierfadingfast 17 hrs ago #31
Butt kissers. Brown nosers BlueWaveNeverEnd 17 hrs ago #32
Not a coin - a medallion. Norrrm 17 hrs ago #33
It should be biglier than the Nobel Prize medallion Turbineguy 17 hrs ago #34
Bald eagle on one side and colorado_ufo 17 hrs ago #35
A 3 inch wide solid gold coin? FullySupportDems 17 hrs ago #36
Sycophants nilram 17 hrs ago #37
Make it out of fake gold. Wolf Frankula 16 hrs ago #38
BLARGH! 😑 🙄 electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #39
Be shame if the die was damaged accidently Historic NY 15 hrs ago #40
The Fat Shitcoin Blue Owl 15 hrs ago #41
Resembles his mug shot, oasis 15 hrs ago #42
The good news about being big.... mwooldri 15 hrs ago #43
The $10,000 gold coin no one wants to have, Aussie105 14 hrs ago #45
How is he going to make money on this? JohnnyRingo 14 hrs ago #46
Notice how small his hands are! Envirogal 13 hrs ago #48
TSF bending over the Resolute Desk RainCaster 13 hrs ago #49
Hang on for a second here... jmowreader 13 hrs ago #50
A ""fine arts" panel appointed by Trump DFW 12 hrs ago #51
He looks like a Creepy Rapist JI7 11 hrs ago #52
Kick Kick Kickety Kick George McGovern 9 hrs ago #53
I hope it's as big as that penny in the Batcave Orrex 8 hrs ago #54
"As large as possible" - But will that be big enough? TheRickles 8 hrs ago #55
WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE PEOPLE? LymphocyteLover 7 hrs ago #56
This is grotesque. nt City Lights 5 hrs ago #57
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