Minting The Coin

It was and should be an option.  I understand that many Very Serious People don't want it to be, and so it was ridiculed.  But it's legal and it would have worked.

So Silly

Not very serious at all. WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration was serious enough about manufacturing a high-value platinum coin to avert a congressional fight over the debt ceiling that it had its …

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