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Bullion coins are government-minted, legal tender coins made of precious metals, such as gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and silver.They are kept as a store of value or an investment rather than used in day-to-day commerce.
Artist's concept of a trillion-dollar coin, featuring a similar obverse design to the reverse of the presidential dollar series.. The trillion-dollar coin is a concept that emerged during the United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2011 as a proposed way to bypass any necessity for the United States Congress to raise the country's borrowing limit, through the minting of very high-value platinum ...
Other countries that have minted commemorative platinum coins include Bulgaria, [10] Congo, [11] Panama, [12] South Africa, Portugal and France. [13] The Estonian issue began on 24 February 2008 – Independence Day – and included silver, gold and platinum coins. The platinum coin was a first for Estonia.
Terraria (/ t ə ˈ r ɛər i ə / ⓘ tə-RAIR-ee-ə [1]) is a 2011 action-adventure sandbox game developed by Re-Logic. The game was first released for Windows and has since been ported to other PC and console platforms.
Seven distinct types of coin composition have been used over the past 200 years: three base coin alloys, two silver alloys, gold, and in recent years, platinum and palladium. The base metal coins were generally alloys of copper (for 2 cent coins and lower), and copper/nickel (for 3 and 5 cent coins). Copper/nickel composition is also used for ...
Earlier this month, The Washington Post wrote that a loophole in minting law means that, technically, the U.S. Treasury could mint platinum coins, label them as being worth $1 trillion apiece, and ...
The American Platinum Eagle is the official platinum bullion coin of the United States.In 1995, Director of the United States Mint Philip N. Diehl, American Numismatic Association President David L. Ganz, and Platinum Guild International Executive Director Jacques Luben began the legislative process of creating the Platinum Eagle.
A coin that has never been used, thus retaining all or most of its original luster. [1] uniface A coin struck with the design on one side only. union A proposed United States gold coin worth $100 (one hundred dollars). Only one pattern "half union" is known to exist. Platinum $100 coins are not technically "unions". unique