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   In article , BTR1701   
    wrote:   
      
   > This doesn't even get into the Ferengi and their whole platinum-based   
   economy,   
   > which no small number of Federation people seemed to participate.   
      
      
      
   We know from Kirk's dialogue in Mudd's Women (I think) that the   
   Enterprise carries gold for trading purposes.   
      
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