$1 Trillion Coin: Can the U.S. Mint Do It?
Public Law 104-208 enacted in 1996 included the following provision that is now in law as 31 U.S.C. 5112(k):
“The Secretary may mint and issue bullion and proof platinum coins in accordance with such specifications, designs, varieties, quantities, denominations, and inscriptions as the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion, may prescribe from time to time.”
In 2000, new legislation replaced the word “bullion” with “platinum bullion coins.”
The specifications for which
