No. of Recommendations: 1
Seems unlikely. The final candidate designs for the new dime were set in 2024, before he took office. Of the ones that featured the eagle on the reverse, all of them omitted the olive branches (the others featured the Liberty torch rather than an eagle at all).Very interesting. I wonder what the reason for omitting the olive branch is? That America will fight if necessary (the occasion being the 250th anniversary of The Revolution).
Wikipedia has this to say:
In 2026, the United States Mint will be producing for only the one year a dime featuring a capped Liberty on the obverse, and eagle carrying arrows on the reverse, dual dated as 1776–2026.[26]
The Great Seal of the United States features an eagle carrying an olive branch in one talon, representing peace, and 13 arrows in the other talon, representing readiness for war.[27] The head of the eagle points to the olive branch, showing that it prefers peace to war.[27] The semiquincentennial dime removes the olive branch, and features only the arrows representing war.[27]So, the Eagle is still at least looking in the direction of (his now empty) right talon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin)
Of course, the Trump admin picked this design or at least had some input, and I wouldn't put it past Trump to object to the "Liberty Over Tyranny" phrase, interpreting is as a personal slight. I also wonder who submitted the designs with the missing olive branch. I smell a Trumper...
