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jimmy the one

(2,845 posts)
Fri May 29, 2026, 12:45 PM 19 hrs ago

Can I blacken out Trumpasses face on the $250 bill?

Or at least draw a mustache and a goatee and a swastika on it?

I know I know, the bill is still in the planning stage but if it goes thru I wanna be prepared in case I somehow find one someday.

This thread is a sequel, hopefully the last of its kind, to my previous thread about blackening the trumpass picture on the passport. The winner to that thread was for putting a bit of black electrical tape over the magat face so tape could be removed for official use while not defacing the passport which is illegal. But no can do electrical tape on a paper bill.

>>>> So, is it illegal to draw on money? Let’s answer it once again: not usually. Is it illegal to write on money? Rarely - unless you wreck the bill or turn it into an ad.
In short: doodle if you want, just don’t hide the important details or try to profit. Banks might pull your bill sooner, but you won’t end up in handcuffs for a smiley face on a $5 bill.
However, remember - money is still a security of the United States, protected under Federal laws, so respect it - even if you add a little personality.https://usfirstexchange.com/is-it-illegail-to-write-or-draw-money

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Can I blacken out Trumpasses face on the $250 bill? (Original Post) jimmy the one 19 hrs ago OP
Grab yourself a Sharpie, and go downtown! cloudbase 18 hrs ago #1
Assuming that the illegal travesty actually comes into existence, I would niyad 18 hrs ago #2
Federal law prohibits the portrait of any living person, including a sitting president, from appearing on U.S. currency. sop 18 hrs ago #5
The Republicans will ignore it, as usual synni 18 hrs ago #10
Ummm, the same way he ignores all the others, of course. niyad 17 hrs ago #15
My preferred method of expressing my disgust would be to add a Hitler mustache. Whether on money, passport or jls4561 18 hrs ago #3
HAS to pass congress first vapor2 18 hrs ago #4
Do you seriously think he will have a problem with the spineless, craven niyad 17 hrs ago #16
These bills will never be issued LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #6
Do you seriously think that he would bother consulting the lickspittle niyad 17 hrs ago #17
This measure would need 60 votes in the Senate LetMyPeopleVote 17 hrs ago #19
Again, do you seriously think he would even bother? He thinks that niyad 17 hrs ago #20
Right now the $100 bill is largest bill in circulation. Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #7
When has an act being illegal ever stopped the orange traitor from niyad 17 hrs ago #18
Heck, print your own. Just mark it NOT LEGAL TENDER. usonian 18 hrs ago #8
Worth recalling: snot 18 hrs ago #9
Rubber stamp - PEDO HAB911 18 hrs ago #11
No, because it won't happen. Maru Kitteh 18 hrs ago #12
I would get a rubber ink stamp that would stamp russian asset over his image. nt ImNotGod 18 hrs ago #13
A $250 bill is just a $100 bill after T****'s inflation. The Madcap 17 hrs ago #14

niyad

(134,229 posts)
2. Assuming that the illegal travesty actually comes into existence, I would
Fri May 29, 2026, 12:53 PM
18 hrs ago

simply refuse to accept one. I would not want that ridiculous image contaminating my belongings or surroundings.

sop

(19,469 posts)
5. Federal law prohibits the portrait of any living person, including a sitting president, from appearing on U.S. currency.
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:00 PM
18 hrs ago

How will Trump get around ignoring this law?

jls4561

(3,280 posts)
3. My preferred method of expressing my disgust would be to add a Hitler mustache. Whether on money, passport or
Fri May 29, 2026, 12:58 PM
18 hrs ago

National Parks pass, it could always be blamed on that damn leaky pen in my purse.

niyad

(134,229 posts)
16. Do you seriously think he will have a problem with the spineless, craven
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:58 PM
17 hrs ago

majority in congress? Assuming, of course, that he would even bother to consult them?

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,614 posts)
6. These bills will never be issued
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:02 PM
18 hrs ago

Congress has to approve this new bill and that is NOT going to happen

niyad

(134,229 posts)
17. Do you seriously think that he would bother consulting the lickspittle
Fri May 29, 2026, 02:00 PM
17 hrs ago

majority in congress?

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,614 posts)
19. This measure would need 60 votes in the Senate
Fri May 29, 2026, 02:03 PM
17 hrs ago

I doubt that this boll was pass the House and has no chance in the senate

niyad

(134,229 posts)
20. Again, do you seriously think he would even bother? He thinks that
Fri May 29, 2026, 02:08 PM
17 hrs ago

he is the god-emperor of the universe, and his wishes and desires MUST be fulfilled without delay.

Ocelot II

(131,410 posts)
7. Right now the $100 bill is largest bill in circulation.
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:07 PM
18 hrs ago

The faces on bills are Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson, Grant, and Franklin - five presidents and two founding fathers. I'm sure Trump thinks he's in the same class of Great Men (I wouldn't call racist Jackson great, but that's another story). The $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, and $100,000 bills feature pictures of McKinley, Cleveland, Madison, Salmon Chase (Treasury secretary), and Woodrow Wilson. The $100,000 never circulated at all.

The Treasury stopped printing the larger notes in 1945, but most continued to circulate until 1969 when The Federal Reserve began destroying those that were received by banks. The few that still exist are legal to spend but are so rare that they are worth more than their face value to collectors. Apparently there never has been a $250 bill, and why should there be one at all? It's a weird denomination, but it puts Himself between Franklin and McKinley, and is more likely to be circulated than anything larger, though perhaps only as a MAGA collector's item which will never be worth more than its face value.

Also, it's illegal to print money with the face of a live person. McKinley got the privilege of being on the $500 bill by becoming dead in a rapid unscheduled disassembly caused by one Leon Czolgosz, so maybe he's not the best act to try to follow, all things considered. But if the bill is ever issued and I can get my hands on one, I will definitely draw horns and a mustache on it with a Sharpie.

niyad

(134,229 posts)
18. When has an act being illegal ever stopped the orange traitor from
Fri May 29, 2026, 02:03 PM
17 hrs ago

doing anything his swollen, damaged, frightened, insecure ego wants?

usonian

(26,698 posts)
8. Heck, print your own. Just mark it NOT LEGAL TENDER.
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:18 PM
18 hrs ago

There are printable samples of EXISTING currency, not even marked as play money. Here's one.
https://www.had2know.org/education/free-printable-us-play-money.html

Or DESIGN YOUR OWN and beat the rush. Sounds interesting for me and the computer art program.
https://www.rewardcharts4kids.com/printable-play-mo

Here's the goodie.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS ALREADY ON US CURRENCY.





Have fun. (legally)

The Madcap

(2,078 posts)
14. A $250 bill is just a $100 bill after T****'s inflation.
Fri May 29, 2026, 01:48 PM
17 hrs ago

Seems like a great vehicle for underground criminal transactions.

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