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Derikoopa OP t1_j28dteb wrote

Reply to comment by icydee in eli5: Why couldn't a country in debt mint a coin of immense value and use it to pay off the debt? by Derikoopa

Fascinating! I thought this idea was purely hypothetical Do we know what happened to them? I assume they are laying in some bank?

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icydee t1_j28ecjl wrote

All but two were cancelled and destroyed, these two were given to American and British treasury secretaries and are in private hands. Serial number ‘8’ was auctioned off for £69,000

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