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1 Tonne Gold Coin!!! - Australia (Perth Mint)

StubbyMcNumbthumbsStubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭
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I posted this on the World & Ancient Coins Forum, but I think it belongs here as well...

http://www.perthmint.com.au/1-tonne-gold-coin.aspx

Who needs a SDB? Nobody's walking away with that sucker!

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  • Kd5ddoKd5ddo Posts: 208 ✭
    Holy crap! Could you imagine unwrapping one of those from under your Christmas tree?

    Smaller than I thought it would be though...
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I doubt this coin will ever be used as a pocket piece.image

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  • SoloSolo Posts: 226
    It's truly an amazing piece, but it's not a coin IMO. You don't cast a coin (that's what the Chinese fakes are for image), and then use a router to reed the edges. Regardless it really is a neat piece and I would willingly pay $20 just to be able to touch it.

    Here's a link to their page dedicaited to the piece.
  • StubbyMcNumbthumbsStubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭
    Coin or not, that's an impressive chunk of gold!

    I apologize for the repost ... I didn't realize this subject has already been covered a while back. (I've been absent for a while...).


    Anyway, I thought it was pretty neat!
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,111 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's truly an amazing piece, but it's not a coin IMO. You don't cast a coin (that's what the Chinese fakes are for image), and then use a router to reed the edges. Regardless it really is a neat piece and I would willingly pay $20 just to be able to touch it.

    Here's a link to their page dedicaited to the piece. >>



    Some legitimate circulating coins were produced by casting. Some of the early Roman coins as well as some of the Chinese cash coins were cast.

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