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World's Biggest Gold Coin Minted In Australia

Posted by samzenpus on from the because-they-can dept.

First time accepted submitter shocking writes "The Perth Mint has created a gold coin that is just over one tonne in weight and worth over 50 million AUD. From the article: 'A team of a dozen people have worked since late last year to create the coin which measures 80 centimeters wide and 12 centimeters deep, featuring a kangaroo on one side and the Queen's motif on the other.' Ron Paul eat your heart out!"

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  1. Re:Gold coins are so last century by jpapon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Because while you are producing the coins, you're not really "minting" them. Rather, you're searching for them in a heap of worthless other stuff... i.e. mining. At least that's my take on it. Honestly it's just pointless metaphor semantics.

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  2. Explains a lot about the economy by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The coin has a "worth" of 1 million AUD but contains 50 million AUD of gold...

    And you wonder why the economy is down the crapper. Also... 50 million worth of gold. Perhaps some better use could be found for it then a vanity piece to show just how much Australia bows before its British superiors?

    I would have shaped in the form of a blade and put it in a guillotine. Some might scoff at the sharpness of such a blade but with that weight it will do the job. Just more messily, mad max style.

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  3. Interesting statistic by coldmist · · Score: 3, Interesting

    From what I've read, all the gold in the world that has been mined could fill something like 2 olympic swimming pools, or something like that.

    Considering this is like 32 inches x 5 inches, think of that sitting in the bottom of an olympic pool. Not too big, but still pretty impressive considering the relative size.

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  4. Not the biggest coins... by Bysshe · · Score: 1, Interesting

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones

    stone coins weighing up to 4 tons and up to 2000 years old.

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  5. Density by Pence128 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's about the size of a garbage can lid. Gives you a bit of perspective on the density of gold.

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