{"id":1455791,"date":"2022-04-27T16:44:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455791"},"modified":"2022-04-27T16:44:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:44:50","slug":"fact-check-is-the-white-house-selling-coins-with-volodymyr-zelenskyys-face-on-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-is-the-white-house-selling-coins-with-volodymyr-zelenskyys-face-on-them\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Is The White House Selling Coins With Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s Face On Them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-is-the-white-house-selling-coins-with-volodymyr-zelenskyys-face-on-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheNewVoiceUkraine\/posts\/139045452014742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims the White House is selling a commemorative coin that features Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The coin is being sold by a privately-owned business called \u201cThe White House Gift Shop,\u201d not the White House itself.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Voloydymyr Zelenskyy was awarded with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award April 21 for his actions to protect democracy amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-2022-midterm-elections-zelenskyy-boston-jocelyn-benson-f407c038e90d4eee084a9d0c6f933218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>. Now, an image shared on Facebook claims the White House is selling a commemorative coin dedicated to him.<\/p>\n<p>The image shows the front and back of a coin that features images of Zelenskyy and President Joe Biden. \u201cThe White House presented a souvenir coin dedicated to Volodymyr Zelensky,\u201d reads the post\u2019s caption. \u201cThe plot of the coin is the address of the President of Ukraine to the US Congress on March 7. All money from the sale of the coin will be directed to humanitarian aid to Ukrainians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the coin is real, it is not being sold by the White House. Rather, it is being sold by a privately-owned business called \u201cThe White House Gift Shop\u201d that is unaffiliated with the official White House. Both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousegiftshop.com\/President-Volodymyr-Zelenskyy-Addresses-Congress-p\/zelenskyy-congress.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coin<\/a> visible in the Facebook post and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousegiftshop.com\/President-Volodymyr-Zelenskyy-Commemorative-Coin-p\/ukraine.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another<\/a> dedicated to Zelenskyy are listed on the shop\u2019s online store.<\/p>\n<p>The store was originally created by the federal government as a \u201cflower fund\u201d for U.S. police officers and their families, according to the shop\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousegiftshop.com\/aboutus.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About us<\/a>\u201d page. However, is no longer affiliated with the federal government. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/08\/fact-check-volodymyr-zelenskyy-soccer-jersey-swastika\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: No, This Photo Of Volodymyr Zelenskyy Holding A Jersey With A Swastika On It Isn\u2019t Real)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Giannini, the CEO and executive director of the shop, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fact-check-zelenskyy-white-house-coins-915237243714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a> that he acquired the business in 2012 and noted that it has since been \u201cprivatized.\u201d The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/tmsearch.uspto.gov\/bin\/showfield?f=toc&#038;state=4806%3Agh1g0v.1.1&#038;p_search=searchss&#038;p_L=50&#038;BackReference=&#038;p_plural=yes&#038;p_s_PARA1=&#038;p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA1%24LD&#038;expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&#038;p_s_PARA2=White+house+Gift+Shop&#038;p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA2%24COMB&#038;p_op_ALL=AND&#038;a_default=search&#038;a_search=Submit+Query&#038;a_search=Submit+Query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patent And Trademark Office<\/a> lists the owner as Giannini Strategic Enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to the White House and the White House Gift Shop for comment and will update this piece if a response is given.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook claims the White House is selling a commemorative coin that features Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Verdict: Misleading The coin is being sold by a privately-owned business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":1480728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1455791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1480728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}