great point. $1,000,000,000,000 / $1555/oz (current rate)= 643 million oz. 643 million oz/ 32000 oz/ton = 20,096 tons Do we even have that much platinum in the US? Or would we need to get it from other countries? lol. I have a feeling using up our platinum supplies on a coin would make the catalytic converters in our cars extraordinarily expensive. this is silly. Although, death by money does sound unique.