The largest coin ever minted
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No, it's the a $50 Pan Pacific. It is from down under.
On May 3, 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a 220-pound, 99.999 percent pure gold coin at the mint in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. At the time, It was the biggest and purest gold coin ever made and carried a face value of C$1 million ($900,000 in U.S. dollars).
In 2012, the Perth Mint beat that record, casting the largest ever coin -- weighing one ton and measuring 31.4 inches in diameter.
On May 3, 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a 220-pound, 99.999 percent pure gold coin at the mint in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. At the time, It was the biggest and purest gold coin ever made and carried a face value of C$1 million ($900,000 in U.S. dollars).
In 2012, the Perth Mint beat that record, casting the largest ever coin -- weighing one ton and measuring 31.4 inches in diameter.
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I personally would wait for one with original surfaces.
I'm pretty sure the Yap stone currency are larger.
Whether they are "coins" or were "minted" is debatable.
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<< <i>The Australian coin looks like a Nilla Wafer with a gold sticker on it. >>
and the image looks like someone tried to make a sock puppet out of an oversized leather glove.
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<< <i>I would like to see that one in a PCGS holder. >>
Right on.
And then I'd like to see Lance's video on how to straighten it in the slab.
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<< <i>No, it's the a $50 Pan Pacific. It is from down under. >>
I think you intended to include "not" in your opening post. Actually, as far as legal tender US Mint produced coins go, the 5 oz ATB coins weigh twice what the $50 Pan Pacs weigh and are far larger.
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Maybe the US should mint a trillion dollar coin as suggested by president Obama, just to be the most valuable coin ever. Silly, silly, silly goings on.
<< <i>Just exactly what are the governments trying to prove by minting those coins?. >>
It's a publicity stunt. Both of these mints sell millions of overpriced collector coins world wide. They also do contract minting for other countries. They are both profit making enterprises.
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<< <i>No, it's the a $50 Pan Pacific. It is from down under.
On May 3, 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a 220-pound, 99.999 percent pure gold coin at the mint in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. At the time, It was the biggest and purest gold coin ever made and carried a face value of C$1 million ($900,000 in U.S. dollars).
In 2012, the Perth Mint beat that record, casting the largest ever coin -- weighing one ton and measuring 31.4 inches in diameter.
If folks want to refer to these publicity monstrosities as "coins", then I suppose they could be considered the "largest" ever "made" but these were never really "minted".
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<< <i>If folks want to refer to these publicity monstrosities as "coins", then I suppose they could be considered the "largest" ever "made" but these were never really "minted". >>
Why wouldn't they be minted?
<< <i>None of these are coins.......just bullion. >>
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<< <i>None of these are coins.......just bullion. >>
They most certainly are coins and one doesn't necessarily preclude the other. Bullion frequently comes in the form of common date .900 silver coins frequently traded in $1000 face value bags. Common date circulated double eagles and silver dollars trade as bullion and they are also considered to be coins.
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<< <i>If folks want to refer to these publicity monstrosities as "coins", then I suppose they could be considered the "largest" ever "made" but these were never really "minted". >>
Why wouldn't they be minted? >>
Because they are not minted. They are cast then polished.
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<< <i>If folks want to refer to these publicity monstrosities as "coins", then I suppose they could be considered the "largest" ever "made" but these were never really "minted". >>
Why wouldn't they be minted? >>
Because they are not minted. They are cast then polished. >>
I'm not familiar with the production techniques used on these two pieces. but I suspect that the Canadian one was produced by directly machining a large piece of gold, followed by polishing, and then parts were masked off and the remaining exposed surfaces were sandblasted.
The Australian one looks like it was cast in a mold, and then selectively polished.
So doubt that either one was actually struck by dies.
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Are we entirely certain that this isn't just a large wheel of cheddar cheese with an image of some woman on it?
They most certainly are NOT coins.......They ARE bullion!
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<< <i>If folks want to refer to these publicity monstrosities as "coins", then I suppose they could be considered the "largest" ever "made" but these were never really "minted". >>
Why wouldn't they be minted? >>
Because they are not minted. They are cast then polished. >>
I'm not familiar with the production techniques used on these two pieces. but I suspect that the Canadian one was produced by directly machining a large piece of gold, followed by polishing, and then parts were masked off and the remaining exposed surfaces were sandblasted.
The Australian one looks like it was cast in a mold, and then selectively polished.
So doubt that either one was actually struck by dies. >>
Does Minted = Struck?
<< <i>No, it's the a $50 Pan Pacific. It is from down under.
On May 3, 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a 220-pound, 99.999 percent pure gold coin at the mint in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. At the time, It was the biggest and purest gold coin ever made and carried a face value of C$1 million ($900,000 in U.S. dollars).
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In 2012, the Perth Mint beat that record, casting the largest ever coin -- weighing one ton and measuring 31.4 inches in diameter.
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With both coins carrying a $1M face value, the Canadian one is worth more at current exchange rates.
<< <i>>>>They most certainly are coins and one doesn't necessarily preclude the other. Bullion frequently comes in the form of common date .900 silver coins frequently traded in $1000 face value bags. Common date circulated double eagles and silver dollars trade as bullion and they are also considered to be coins. <<<
They most certainly are NOT coins.......They ARE bullion! >>
How do you define coins? It seems the dictionary definition would likely include most bullion. It seems like the question is whether bullion can be used as money. Normal bullion can be, these big pieces make for a slightly more difficult argument.
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<< <i>>>>They most certainly are coins and one doesn't necessarily preclude the other. Bullion frequently comes in the form of common date .900 silver coins frequently traded in $1000 face value bags. Common date circulated double eagles and silver dollars trade as bullion and they are also considered to be coins. <<<
They most certainly are NOT coins.......They ARE bullion! >>
How do you define coins? It seems the dictionary definition would likely include most bullion. It seems like the question is whether bullion can be used as money. Normal bullion can be, these big pieces make for a slightly more difficult argument. >>
Normal bullion, like Kruggerands and bars don't have legal tender value, but NCLT does.
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I'm pretty sure the Yap stone currency are larger.
Whether they are "coins" or were "minted" is debatable. >>
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<< <i>Legal tender is different than money. >>
My point was that most people don't use bullion as money today.
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<< <i>>>>They most certainly are coins and one doesn't necessarily preclude the other. Bullion frequently comes in the form of common date .900 silver coins frequently traded in $1000 face value bags. Common date circulated double eagles and silver dollars trade as bullion and they are also considered to be coins. <<<
They most certainly are NOT coins.......They ARE bullion! >>
How do you define coins? It seems the dictionary definition would likely include most bullion. It seems like the question is whether bullion can be used as money. Normal bullion can be, these big pieces make for a slightly more difficult argument. >>
Normal bullion, like Kruggerands and bars don't have legal tender value, but NCLT does. >>
Actually, Krugerrands are legal tender even though they do not have a face value on them. The legal tender value of a Krugerrand is equal to the current gold value.
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