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3. Minting the coin costs whatever an ounce of platinum costs

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 12:16 PM

Jan 2013

Plus the design and dye time. Call it $3000 ($1500 for the platinum itself, $1000 for the artist, $500 for the stamp time).

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