02-17-2018, 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
why platinum?
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For one very good reason — denomination.
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Platinum bullion coins can, by this statute, be minted in any denomination, whereas coins in any other specified metal are restricted to amounts of $50, $25, $10, $5 and $1. This is the origin of the concept of minting a very high denomination coin, since the platinum clause provides the only loophole.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillion_dollar_coin
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