World's largest gold coin!!

jesbroken

Wow! It's a coin, and gold nonetheless. I cannot fathom the size.
Jim

World's Largest Coin

BAJJERFAN

<< <i>Wow! It's a coin, and gold nonetheless. I cannot fathom the size.
Jim

World's Largest Coin >>



Prolly bigger than a breadbox.

taxmad

A short video of the Perth Mint 'minting' the coin

LanLord

It's interesting, but this is something that I fail to see the need/use/reason for.

If you're going to do that, why not make a 1 tonne gold I beam or a 1 Tonne gold Tonka Truck?

To each his own I guess!

GoldClause

I thought they were colorizing it there for a minute.

AnkurJ

I would like a real car made of solid gold. I bet I could melt that coin and make it happen.

johnny9434

that would be kinda neat to see

NewParadigm

Could you ship that in a Priority flat rate box?

Nooker

Boy, they must have had a lot of gold shavings all over the place . . . did you see where they were using a router to create the edge reeds? I know that when they made the giant Canadian Maple Leaf at the Canadian mint, they weighed everything, and after all shavings, coin, etc, were made, they had to total the amount of the starting cast piece, just to make sure nobody had any gold shavings in their pocket.

I would submit that this isn't a coin. Rather, it's a gold ingot, poured in a cast and then "carved" to have the shape and designs of a coin.

I think I'll start another thread on this, but what exactly make a coin, a coin?

Doesn't it have to start as a planchet, then be struck by dies?

PerryHall

<< <i>Boy, they must have had a lot of gold shavings all over the place . . . did you see where they were using a router to create the edge reeds? I know that when they made the giant Canadian Maple Leaf at the Canadian mint, they weighed everything, and after all shavings, coin, etc, were made, they had to total the amount of the starting cast piece, just to make sure nobody had any gold shavings in their pocket.

I would submit that this isn't a coin. Rather, it's a gold ingot, poured in a cast and then "carved" to have the shape and designs of a coin.

I think I'll start another thread on this, but what exactly make a coin, a coin?

Doesn't it have to start as a planchet, then be struck by dies? >>



No!!! The Chinese and Romans both made coins that were cast.

COALPORTER

I saw this on the news last night, and they kind of blew it, because
they said it had an intensic value of 1 million and a bullion value of
50 million. What they sould have said is "1 million monatised value."
because, to me, intrensic value IS the bullion value. ?

PerryHall

<< <i>I saw this on the news last night, and they kind of blew it, because
they said it had an intensic value of 1 million and a bullion value of
50 million. What they sould have said is "1 million monatised value."
because, to me, intrensic value IS the bullion value. ? >>



You are correct and the reporter blew it.