Jacobi's suggestion of a 5-Franc Platinum coin at 5 grams would have had less than the weight of a US Quarter ... but only half it's size! (That would have been a very tiny coin, subject to loss.) It's also amusing that The Emperor would consider Platinum billon, given the metal had traded at or above Gold prices in New York just three years prior.
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