How does seigniorage work?

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Such as in France or other countries. What is it, and how does it work?

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You know how it probably doesn’t cost $100,000,000 to print a million $100 bills? The difference is called seigniorage: the profit that the mint makes on striking coins and printing bills. It’s pretty much as simple as that.

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