World's Largest Coin (220.5 lb) Sells at Autcion for $4.02 Million

[PlumpRump]

Heavy metal making a comeback? (Bad pun, I know... so, sue me.)

A Spanish precious metals trading company bought the world's largest gold coin for 3.27 million euros ($4.02 million), its exact material worth, from the estate of an insolvent investment firm at a rare auction in Vienna on Friday.

The 100 kg (220.5 lb) piece, one of only five Canadian $1,000,000 Maple Leaf coins the Royal Canadian Mint has ever produced, was snapped up immediately in a written bid from ORO direct, a gold trading company based in Madrid.

Article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100625/lf_nm_life/us_austria_gold_coin

 

[maildude]

They took all of the Susan B. Anthonys, melted 'em down, and made them into this. In honor of the Queen.

 

[GregCentauro]

That's not a coin. It's Prince Philip's dartboard.