The New $1 Trillion Dollar Coins are made of platinum and could solve the American Debt Crisis. The way that the United States Federal Reserve prints money has legal restrictions, only a certain amount of gold and silver is allowed to be turned into coins. There is also a restriction on how much paper money can be in circulation at any given time. There is however no restriction on coins being printed in platinum not by quantity and not by denomination. Hit the Jump for more. PaulDaPro