You bet ya! This is actually something being seriously considered. Now you can't just pay down the $16 trillion dollar national debt with any old stroke of the pen or some other form of mystical voodo. No way! It takes a special magic platinum coin to do the trick right and make it legal.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/platinum-coin-white-house_n_2442073.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2013/01/08/is-the-trillion-dollar-platinum-coin-clever-or-insane/
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/platinum-coin-white-house_n_2442073.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2013/01/08/is-the-trillion-dollar-platinum-coin-clever-or-insane/
http://www.washi…