# What should be on the trillion dollar coin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949 "2011-07-31T19:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/1 "2011-07-31T19:16:17Z")
I’m sure many of you have heard by now of the proposed scheme to mint a pair of trillion-dollar coins to keep the government from defaulting should Congress fail to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. > **[The trillion-dollar coin solution](https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2011/07/29/the-trillion-dollar-coin-solution)** > > Here's one way to get around the debt ceiling Anyway what should go on these coins? I’m leaning toward a picture on the front of Dr. Evil with his pinky to his mouth, and on the back the words “One **TRILLION** Dollars” in big letters ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/2 "2011-07-31T19:52:42Z")
One should have a picture of a donkey taking a dump on a map of the US. The other an elephant doing the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/3 "2011-07-31T19:59:06Z")
They should be a couple of lead slugs, with “1 trillion buckaroos” imprinted on the outside. To get them into circulation, they should go down the street to the 7-11 and buy a large slushy. “Can you break a trillion?” ---
**Author:** ![curious11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac91a4/32.png) [@curious11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious11)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/4 "2011-07-31T19:59:35Z")
A fairy on one side (like tinkerbell, but not, due to copyright issues) - clap your hands if you believe in the value of the dollar! The Titanic on the other (sinking) ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/5 "2011-07-31T20:40:35Z")
I would inscribe the words “Don’t Panic” in a friendly font on one side and a whale and a pot of flowers on the other. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/6 "2011-07-31T20:41:18Z")
I would go with the traditional pig with a tophat, cigar and monacle on one side and a crumbling financial looking building on the other. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/7 "2011-07-31T20:43:04Z")
The Monopoly guy. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/8 "2011-07-31T20:43:30Z")
Montogomery Burns and Rupert Murdoch. ---
**Author:** ![automagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/9 "2011-07-31T20:49:01Z")
Ed McMahon on one side and HiYooo!! on the reverse ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/10 "2011-07-31T20:56:46Z")
> [@curious11](#): > > A fairy on one side (like tinkerbell, but not, due to copyright issues) - clap your hands if you believe in the value of the dollar! > The Titanic on the other (sinking) I like the Titanic idea, but the other side should have deck chairs. How about Nero fiddling on one side and WDC burning on the other? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/11 "2011-07-31T21:04:48Z")
GW Bush on one side, everybody who voted for him on the other. . ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/12 "2011-07-31T21:10:20Z")
In God We Trust (on the flip side) All Others Pay Cash ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/13 "2011-07-31T21:14:57Z")
Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/14 "2011-07-31T21:34:46Z")
Uncle Sam on one side, pulling out his pockets to show they are empty. A Predator drone on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![humanafterall](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/humanafterall/32/19654_2.png) [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/15 "2011-07-31T21:35:07Z")
In response to the article in the OP, My movie idea would be something like LOTR, only with the One Coin instead of the One Ring. _“Three gold dollars were given to the upper class, wealthiest of all, seven quarters were given to middle class, great learners and crafters in their own right, and nine. Nine pennies were given to the lower class, who above all most desire wealth. Yet all of them were betrayed, for in secret, in the minting presses of the US Treasury, the Dark Lord Obama minted a Master Coin, and into it he poured his malice, his cruelty, and his will to dominate all life.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/16 "2011-08-01T01:10:39Z")
So many possibilities: -Scrooge McDuck -P.T. Barnum -Richard Nixon (with the caption “I am not a crook”) -or you could officially name the coin a “Continental”, and picture John Hanson, first presiding officer elected under the Articles of Confederation. ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/17 "2011-08-01T02:28:31Z")
> [@humanafterall](#): > > …the Dark Lord Obama… You racist! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/18 "2011-08-01T02:46:14Z")
DO NOT LOSE THlS COIN ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/19 "2011-08-01T02:48:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > DO NOT LOSE THlS COIN Aw man, _now_ you tell me! It was just here! :: starts searching in Oval Office couch cushions :: ---
**Author:** ![humanafterall](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/humanafterall/32/19654_2.png) [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949/20 "2011-08-01T03:39:07Z")
> [@akennett](#): > > You racist! > > 😉 Fine. _African American Lord Obama_. Sorry, but Dark Lord, now that kinda pops, you know? It’s catchy, it’s relevant, and it creates an air of fear wherever it is uttered. How does \*\*Dark Lord humanafterall \*\*sound? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949.md?page=2)