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Do you believe physical Bitcoins have a legitimate place in the numismatic arena? Why or why not?

If I have $50 million of gold in a vault, and a combination to open the vault, and I put the combination on a piece of paper, that piece of paper is not “paper money” … it is not a “monetary instrument” even if I printed it in intaglio on safety paper. If I gave that piece of it to PMG or PCGS, they would not call it “the most valuable piece of paper money.” And if I gave someone the combination and they took the

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