Coins are latest merchandise launch by Republican, who raised a third of the amount brought in by Harris in August
  • Soup@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Commemorative of what exactly? The first time he got impeached, his first lie about raping someone? The first time he fisted Putin?

    • Irremarkable@fedia.io
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      8 days ago

      To be completely fair, this is the sort of thing he’s done for forever now. A significant portion of his wealth comes from simply licensing the Trump name

      • nemonic187@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        Foreign investor buy dozens of these coins. People that probably shouldn’t be “donating” to American politicians cuz they want something in return.

        • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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          8 days ago

          Ah, I don’t think this is money laundering. Most politicians do this but with books. I guess a book was too much work for old don.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      It’s not money laundering to sell dumb shit to idiots, like coins to magas, or bathwater to thirsty teenagers

      • BoofStroke@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        8 days ago

        It certainly is if most of the dumb shit is bought by foreign powers as a way to fund a campaign. See also bibles, nfts, sneakers.

      • nemonic187@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        It is if someone from outside the US, who can’t legally donate to Trump’s campaign, buys 100 of these.

      • rbn@sopuli.xyz
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        8 days ago

        I have no clue if there’s indeed any proof for such a claim, but the theory that I read elsewhere is that it’s a way to obfuscate money flows.

        If a foreign nation (Russia, China, North Korea, whoever) would like to engage in the election, they can’t just donate to the campaign officially. But instead, they could buy a couple thousands of these coins in smaller transactions.

        TBH I’m rather with you. I think the majority of these coins is just bought by some MAGAs. For foreign nations there’d be probably more efficient ways to transfer money like shares etc.

  • BlueÆther@no.lastname.nz
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    8 days ago

    If I could get one for the actual price of silver (~31 USD/oz) I think I might just get one - for the “remember this dipshit?”

    • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
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      8 days ago

      Check a local coin dealer/show.

      Silver ounce rounds come in infinitely many designs, and there are a lot of right-wingers in those interest groups.

      I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them done up with his ugly maw on. I think sometines as copper too.

  • Nougat@fedia.io
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    9 days ago

    Why does he think I would buy a $90 coin? I mean, who in their right mind needs a $70 coin? I’m definitely not buying an $8 coin.

    • aramis87@fedia.io
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      8 days ago

      He doesn’t. His base might, depends how much they have left. The people who definitely will are the Russians, Chinese and Saudis.

    • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      There is a reasonably large silver community who prefers physical coin or rounds rather than certificates, shares or other more virtual/abstract forms of wealth.

      There is a visceral and instinctive feeling when the value is purely in your hands and you can feel it.

      Still, silver collectors/traders don’t give a shit about the design. Commemorative coins are fine if they are roughly the melt value (paying a few % over melt value is common MSRP) but anything beyond that is fully bullshit.

      Official silver coins (American Eagle) have government guarantees on the purity of silver, size of the coin, and other attributes. So those are far easier in practice. But silver rounds or bullion are still common.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      I could use a $5 coin, $10 would be reasonable, $20 would be a bit much. But in all these cases only if they’re US currency or the currency of a country I’m in. $1 bills are too small to be bills, you can barely get a soda for that much.

    • NateNate60@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Trump designs are a dime-a-dozen in silver rounds. I’ve come across at least two just from buying random amounts of them in bulk from billion dealers.

      They are sold to suckers for way too much money and then are sold back to bullion dealers for a dollar fifty under their melt value so that the sucker in question can make the interest payment on their Ford F150. They eventually meet a gnarly end in someone’s furnace after a few years and are cast into some actually desirable silver jewellery or silver bars.

  • TehWorld@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    He’s still leading in the polls that matter these rubes are going to get us all in a heap of trouble if they re-elect their king…