Mint Coins to Combat Debt Crisis Policy

Minting a coin from rare metals, which can be traded with foreign/domestic debtors to reduce debt/debt crisis. Makes rare metal prices skyrocket.

This is an actual tool as a contingency available to the Fed in the case of an imminent default on debt interest. As by an act of Congress, the Fed can mint a coin of any denomination (So imagine a $1trillion coin minted to relieve debt, no inflation, because the coin is not entering the domestic economy to be used as currency).

Is minting a $1 trillion platinum coin the answer to the debt limit crisis? - ABC News.

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