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Treasury: Forget About That $1T Platinum Coin

Treasury won't make it and Fed won't accept it

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 14, 2013 12:17 AM CST

(Newser) – The $1 trillion platinum coin being touted as a bizarre solution to the debt ceiling debate will only ever exist as an illustration of just how dysfunctional Washington has become. A Treasury official tells the Washington Post that the department has no intention of minting...   Read full story »

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