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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond Diamonds can now be manufactured] using a technology that's essentially a superpowered pressure cooker. The diamond cartels are ''terrified'' that these might be seen as equivalent in value to natural diamonds, to the point that they now package the natural diamonds with written histories and even [http://www.forevermarkdiamond.com etch trademarks onto them]. |
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond Diamonds can now be manufactured] using a technology that's essentially a superpowered pressure cooker. The diamond cartels are ''terrified'' that these might be seen as equivalent in value to natural diamonds, to the point that they now package the natural diamonds with written histories and even [http://www.forevermarkdiamond.com etch trademarks onto them]. |
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* In 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint created a [http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/about-the-mint/million-dollar-coin-1600006 $1,000,000 coin] - which was worth more than its face value because it was made of 100 kg of gold at 99.999% purity. Five of these have been purchased. (The Mint has also created a [http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/about-the-mint/10-kilo-coin-6500002 $100,000 coin] (yes, it's 10 kg of gold), of which only fifteen will ever be struck.) |
* In 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint created a [http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/about-the-mint/million-dollar-coin-1600006 $1,000,000 coin] - which was worth more than its face value because it was made of 100 kg of gold at 99.999% purity. Five of these have been purchased. (The Mint has also created a [http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/about-the-mint/10-kilo-coin-6500002 $100,000 coin] (yes, it's 10 kg of gold), of which only fifteen will ever be struck.) |
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* During the US debt-ceiling crises of 2011 and 2013, the idea was floated of having the Treasury mint a [[wikipedia: |
* During the US debt-ceiling crises of 2011 and 2013 and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the idea was floated of having the Treasury mint a [[wikipedia:Trillion-dollar coin|trillion-dollar ''coin'']] to pay US obligations in the absence of action from Congress. |
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