I make billions (#3)
My products are quite edgy,
But most have been a bust,
I'm only one of many,
Lord knows who we can trust,I'm not a politician,
Yet I work with presidents,
And like a mathematician,
I seek proofs of excellence,I resemble a detective,
Who fills in all the blanks,
And if gold is your objective,
I've more than all the banks,Who / what am I?
Hint for line 3:
Lines 3 and 4 are two sides of the same coin.
Previous riddles:
I make billions #1
I make billions #2
Answer
It’s
The US Mint(s)
My products are quite edgy,
Coins have edges
But most have been a bust,
They have busts of politicians
I'm only one of many,
In the US the coins say “E Pluribus Unum”, meaning “Out of Many, One”. Thanks to @postmortes!
Lord knows who we can trust,
In the US the coins say “In God We Trust”
I'm not a politician,
Mints aren’t politicians
Yet I work with presidents,
Presidents have their likenesses on coins
And like a mathematician,
I seek proofs of excellence,
Per @JonMark Perry, a proof is a non-legal tender coin made pre-release in order to check the die for flaws
I resemble a detective,
Who fills in all the blanks,
A blank is a coin that hasn’t yet been stamped
And if gold is your objective,
I've more than all the banks,
The US Federal Reserve stores its gold bullion reserve in 4 Mint locations around the US including at Fort Knox, a US Mint with nearly 5000 tonnes of gold. Goldfinger famously went after Fort Knox rather than any bank when he was looking to steal gold from the US.
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