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Re:Trillion-dollar coin by sandworm101 on Saturday September 21, 2019 @07:38PM (#21038621)
Until nixon axed the large bills as part of the drug war. With 1000$ being the new largest bill, gold bars/coins became a potentialy practical option once again. Krugerrands (sp?) tried to capture this market but never caught on.
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Re:Trillion-dollar coin by rsmckinney on Sunday September 22, 2019 @11:48AM (#21041892)
$100 is the largest federal reserve note today. And even that is under pressure, mostly from the anti physical currency crowd.

Considering inflation a $100 note today is comparable to a $10 note from just a few decades ago. Thus currency denomination should shift in the opposite direction eliminating the cent and nickel, and adding larger notes.

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