HailSeitanTrump Admin Drops the Olive Branch from U.S. Seal on New Dime Coins, Keeps the Arrows
🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞Misinformation. Totally false. The barest possible technicality that this is happening and Trump is President, yes. But this is not his work.
- The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 was primarily the work of Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA). But it was a bipartisan bill
- The creator of the coin intended it to represent the colonies in the revolution, i.e. yes, a time of war.
- The final design was approved in 2024 - so if anyone “did” it, it would be Biden
- In place of the olive branch, the bald eagle is in flight clutching arrows in its talons, with one talon left empty. The empty talon is meant to signify that the colonists were waiting for a peace they had not yet reached.
jballsTried to verify what you said by looking up the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 (www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/…/text).
That actually does not authorize the issuance of new dimes. It is solely limited to new quarters and dollar coins.
I stopped verifying after that, so it’s possible the rest of what you said is true? But the first bullet doesn’t seem to be accurate.
Good eye! However:
“Notwithstanding the 4th, 5th, and 6th sentences of subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may change the design on any of the coins authorized under this section and minted for issuance during the one-year period beginning January 1, 2026…”
The “section” it refers to is 31 U.S.C. § 5112, which is the overarching law that defines all U.S. coinage. By saying “any of the coins,” it grants the Treasury Secretary the discretionary power to redesign the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and half dollar for the 2026 anniversary.