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Re:Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last... by blacktriangle on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @02:42PM (#28763740)
I just read that as "fiat currency has failed."
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Re:Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last... by ceejayoz on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:01PM (#28764009)
You can read it that way.

I read it as "fiat currency is more resilient in certain scenarios".

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Re:Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last... by djur on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:45PM (#28764616)
The minting of the coin has literally nothing to do with the performance of the USD as currency. It is an accounting trick to work around broken legislation.
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