President Trump wants his face on a coin. Maybe he shouldn’t

The last time a living president was on a coin it didn’t work out so well.

On March 19, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts voted to approve a commemorative gold coin that flies in the face of the law. On one side of the coin President Donald Trump is seen scowling as he leans with his fist on a desk; on the other, a bald eagle carries the Liberty Bell.

Designed for the United States’ semiquincentennial, the coin would break a longstanding U.S. tradition established via an 1866 law that bans living presidents from appearing on currency. Only one other living president in history has appeared on a........

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