One-Trillion-Dollar Coin

When I was a boy, I once (or twice!) played the game “Three Wishes” with my friends. The premise of the game was that any three wishes you had would come true exactly as you stated them. The limiting rules were that you could not hurt or kill anyone, you could not wish to live forever, and you could not wish for more wishes.  Invariably, the one common wish was the wish to be rich or, more specifically, for unlimited money. Although short and simple, the game was a great way to pass time, to...