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Archive Home > 2012 > January > 01 > U.S. flush with bucks (in coin form)

U.S. flush with bucks (in coin form)

By Rob Hotakainen / The Bulletin
January 1, 2012

WASHINGTON — The federal government has too much money on its hands.

That may be surprising, especially since the government is flat broke, with a $15 trillion national debt.

But it’s also awash in shiny one-dollar coins, with more than a billion of them going unused by the public and piling up....

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