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Vatican coins in the fountain! A brief history of Church coinage

A pictorial history of Vatican money.

Luke Coppen
Jan 23, 2023
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Vatican coins in the fountain! A brief history of Church coinage

As the U.S. government this week hits the legal ceiling of federal borrowing this week, some economists have debated whether  America's debt ceiling crisis could be solved by the use of a “trillion dollar coin.”

The idea is that the U.S. Treasury could take advantage of a law permitting it to mint commemorative platinum coins free of the restrictions tha…

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