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In reply to the discussion: I'm bored. Post here some random, obscure fact that I might find interesting [View all]duncang
(1,907 posts)They didn't want their faces on any currency because of the association with monarchies having their face on currency. The first president who had his face on a was President Lincoln in 1909 followed by George Washington in 1932. Both would probably speak against it being done now.
No living person can have their image on a coin meant for circulation.
It is allowed on Commemorative coins though. The first living person to have their likeness put on a commemorative coin was Alabama Gov. T.E. Kilby in 1921. The first President which had a commemorative coin made with his likeness while alive was President Calvin Coolidge in 1926.
The new Presidential coins are minted for circulation so they cannot be made unless the President has been dead at least 2 years.