Current US commemorative coins continue to make headlines. This week it is the dime without an olive branch. Widely noted because it came out the same week Trump captured Venzuelan president Maduro, the coin had nothing to do with the current US administration and was in fact a nod to the US Revolutionary war that created the nation. But as the editor notes, "Despite the confusion and controversy, I'm glad it has people looking at their coins again".

I agree! Keep looking at your coins :)

Article: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n12.html#article23

#Numismatics #History #UnitedStates #USA250 #Histodons #Currency #Coins #CoinCollecting @numismatics @histodons

The bank branch manager sees me walking in and announces to the rest of the tellers "alright guys, who needs to get rid of the most coins from your safe?"

I haven't said a word and they've already got half of my usual weekly change order put together on the counter. #coins

Critics Blast Decision to Mint Trump Coin for US 250th Anniversary Celebration

https://murica.website/2026/03/critics-blast-decision-to-mint-trump-coin-for-us-250th-anniversary-celebration/

While I would never buy actual #coins from places like Temu, they are good for #religious pieces to add to my collection of #medallions with #bible quotes. Sometimes they are curious when you look closely though. Here is one.

1 Corinthians 16:13 says " Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong." - this piece quotes the second point and the shield is a symbolic image which matches the sentiment.

The other side has Archangel Michael standing over a serpent - straight out of Revelation 12:7-9. Though it references Psalm 46:1 which starts: "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble"... Ok, the Archangel defending us from evil, fair enough.

But the text is "Just for today" which doesn't seem to fit at all... Oh and a Narcotics Anonymous square in circle image? Ok, I did get it from Temu...

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting @numismatics

Trump scrapped Biden's semiquincentennial coin redesigns, including coins commemorating Ruby Bridges, Frederick Douglass, and suffragettes and changed the focus.

"Just weeks before the release, it became clear the Trump administration had scrapped plans to honor figures like Ruby Bridges, Frederick Douglass, and a World War I–era suffragist holding a 'Votes for Women' flag."

https://thegrio.com/2026/01/07/trump-administration-scraps-plans-to-feature-ruby-bridges-frederick-douglass-and-suffragettes-on-u-s-250th-anniversary-commemorative-coins/

#uspol #news #coins

Trump signed the law setting the war dime redesign into motion in his first term.

"The United States Mint (Mint) began shipping 2026 Semiquincentennial Circulating Coins, including the dime ... Authorized by the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 and signed into law on January 13, 2021, by President Donald J. Trump, these coins ..."

https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/united-states-mint-begins-shipping-semiquincentennial-circulating-coins

#uspol #coins #wardime