Actualité internationale Fact-check publié le 16/04/2026

🤔 Il est interdit de mettre des gens vivants sur les pièces US

Le post original

A retired lawyer in the U.S. was watching the news when he saw the story about the new Trump commemorative coin and something immediately didn't sit right with him. So he did what lawyers do. He went digging... And he found it. A federal law passed in 1866 that explicitly prohibits living people from appearing on U.S. currency. It's not a grey area. It's not open to interpretation. It's been sitting in the books for over 150 years. The last time this actually happened was 1926 when a coin featuring Calvin Coolidge was minted while he was still alive and serving as president. The backlash was immediate. The coins were pulled. And the law was reaffirmed... Now this retired lawyer has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Mint not because of who is on the coin, but because the law says it simply cannot be done. Full stop... No political agenda. No protest. Just one guy, a dusty legal statute, and a federal case that nobody in Washington apparently saw coming...

Le fact-check

🤔 This lawyer isn’t likely to win First off, who is this retired lawyer and why wasn’t he named? His name is Rickher, and he filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Portland only. https://cvc.li/SfjFy He cites Title 31 of federal law, which governs money and finance, arguing that only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency and securities. https://cvc.li/eGJZR However he missed a few things. While some past laws banned living people from appearing on certain coin series, the legislation governing the 250th anniversary coins (passed in 2020 by Trump) only restricts portraits on the reverse side, not the front. https://cvc.li/yyocm There is another potential loophole : the gold coin in question is a non-circulating collector’s item, so the rule might not apply. https://cvc.li/RwFYp Historically, the US has avoided putting living figures on currency to distinguish itself from monarchies. However, there have been rare exceptions, including past commemorative coins and even one featuring a sitting president, Calvin Coolidge, with little to no documented controversy at the time. https://cvc.li/OHpcf Anyway the coin has been approved and it would look like this : https://cvc.li/cxtEs