link to original reddit post by /u/xX_minecraflegend_Xx
I am a coin collector (and obviously a libertarian), so you can imagine my enthusiasm towards this servers great icon. However, there is a similar coin that I think is a much better candidate.
The server icon you see here is a 2013 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle, named after its engraver. I will cut to the chase; I propose changing the server icon to a 1933 Double Eagle for its incredible story.
I encourage you to watch a video or read an article that will surely go further in depth than my explanation, but here goes. The 1933 Double Eagle was never intended to get out in circulation. Thanks to FDR (fuck you), “hoarding” gold was illegal so that they could hoard gold for the gold standard. So these coins were minted and then immediately it was ordered to melt them the fuck back. They intended to keep two for the national museum but as you’d expect some mint workers yoinked a few. So anyways, at least 20 get out into circulation. To this very day the government (specifically the secret service) has gone on a fuck-o goose chase for this bumass gold coins. There have been court cases against people in possession of these coins, and losing them.
So, I am here to request the changing of the server icon to a 1933 Saint Gaudens gold double eagle. In fashion of a middle finger to the government and their wasting of tax dollars.