Worlds heaviest coin...
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weighing in at 220 pounds, 20 inches in diameter, 1 inch thick & solid AU (gold)...the Canadian $1 Million coin [^] :omg: beating the previous coin record of 70 pounds & 15 inches wide (Austria) Steve
It takes about six weeks to make and has a face value of 1 million Canadian dollars ($903,628), though it sells for approximately $2.7 million depending on the market value of gold.
Um... yeah... :wtf:
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weighing in at 220 pounds, 20 inches in diameter, 1 inch thick & solid AU (gold)...the Canadian $1 Million coin [^] :omg: beating the previous coin record of 70 pounds & 15 inches wide (Austria) Steve
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weighing in at 220 pounds, 20 inches in diameter, 1 inch thick & solid AU (gold)...the Canadian $1 Million coin [^] :omg: beating the previous coin record of 70 pounds & 15 inches wide (Austria) Steve
looks like i'll have to buy pants with bigger pockets from now on.... that’s silly, i can see why its done as the coin is worth more than the gold so you make a paper money profit and who ever buys it has a great deal of gold so in the long run there sorted... i want one.. i checked eBay, but i don’t want to get a chocolate filled coin :laugh: would make a nice birthday gift :)
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weighing in at 220 pounds, 20 inches in diameter, 1 inch thick & solid AU (gold)...the Canadian $1 Million coin [^] :omg: beating the previous coin record of 70 pounds & 15 inches wide (Austria) Steve
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weighing in at 220 pounds, 20 inches in diameter, 1 inch thick & solid AU (gold)...the Canadian $1 Million coin [^] :omg: beating the previous coin record of 70 pounds & 15 inches wide (Austria) Steve
Only the Canadians would make it not only too heavy to carry, but a dodecagonal so that it would be hard to roll. And with a face value less than 1/2 of the value of the materials ...
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Only the Canadians would make it not only too heavy to carry, but a dodecagonal so that it would be hard to roll. And with a face value less than 1/2 of the value of the materials ...
The article said it was $9xx,xxx in materials, but has been selling for 2x the face value.
Matt Newman
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The article said it was $9xx,xxx in materials, but has been selling for 2x the face value.
Matt Newman
"It takes about six weeks to make and has a face value of 1 million Canadian dollars ($903,628), though it sells for approximately $2.7 million depending on the market value of gold." I think you read that wrong. face value != material cost - and the $903,628 is the conversion to $US. 2.7 million depending on the market value of gold does sound like 'cost of materials' however.
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
Just the thing for that new Bugatti Veyron[^] vending machine.
I can hear the ka-chunk of the change coming out now.
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weighing in at 220 pounds, 20 inches in diameter, 1 inch thick & solid AU (gold)...the Canadian $1 Million coin [^] :omg: beating the previous coin record of 70 pounds & 15 inches wide (Austria) Steve
$1 Million Canadian. That's about 43 cents US, right?
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$1 Million Canadian. That's about 43 cents US, right?
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Only the Canadians would make it not only too heavy to carry, but a dodecagonal so that it would be hard to roll. And with a face value less than 1/2 of the value of the materials ...
Rob Graham wrote:
And with a face value less than 1/2 of the value of the materials ...
The same's true of any precious metal coil at present. US silver coins (1964 and earlier) are currently at ~12x face value. A $5 gold eagle has about $75 worth of gold in it. When economic growth outstripped the rate of precious metal production all countries had to abandon the gold/silver standards to avoid deflation gutting their economies.
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