A viral post shared on X claims President Donald Trump has purportedly ordered the Federal Reserve to begin minting quarters without ridges.
🚨BREAKING🚨 Donald Trump orders federal reserve to begin minting quarters w/o ridges
This change comes as a result of a signed petition from 88 jewish advocacy groups claiming that quarters w/ ridges threaten the safety of jews and falls under IHRA definition of antisemitism pic.twitter.com/FoRL90QyQq
— 1984 (@TheOfficial1984) March 17, 2025
Verdict: False
Spokespersons for the White House and CNN denied the claim’s validity in an email to Check Your Fact.
Fact Check:
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The X post, which has been viewed over one million times as of writing, claims Trump has purportedly ordered the Federal Reserve to begin minting quarters without ridges.
“BREAKING: Donald Trump orders federal reserve [sic] to begin minting quarters [without] ridges,” the post begins. “This change comes as a result of a signed petition from 88 jewish advocacy groups claiming that quarters w/ ridges threaten the safety of jews and falls under IHRA definition of antisemitism,” it continues.
The post also includes an image of what appears to be a CNN chyron bearing a similar headline. “Donald Trump Orders Federal Reserve To Remove Ridges From All US Quarters,” the chyron reads.
The claim is false. Trump has not made a post referencing the claim on his personal or government X accounts, his TRUTH Social account, or his verified social media accounts. Likewise, the claim does not appear on the White House’s website or its verified X account @WhiteHouse. There is also no executive order matching the claim.
In addition, the Federal Reserve has not issued a press release or social media statement responding to the claim. Check Your Fact found no reference to the purported headline on CNN’s website or its verified X account @CNN.
Check Your Fact did not find any credible news reports to support the claim, either. Actually, the opposite is true. On March 18, Lead Stories debunked the claim. (RELATED: No, Trump Did Not Make A Truth Social Post About Annexing Greenland And Alaska)
Furthermore, a White House spokesperson denied the claim’s validity in an email to Check Your Fact.
“That is clearly fake,” the spokesperson said in reference to the claim.
A CNN spokesperson denied the claim to Check Your Fact as well.
“This is a fabricated post,” the spokesperson said via email.
Check Your Fact has also contacted the Federal Reserve for comment.