$1 million coin minted!
THE biggest, heaviest and inherently most valuable gold coin in the world has been unveiled by the Perth Mint.
Weighing 1012 kilograms, it is more than a tonne of 99.99 per cent pure gold worth more than $53.5 million.
The giant coin is 80 centimetres wide, 12 centimetres deep, took 18 months to create and features a bounding red kangaroo on one side and the Queen's motif on the other.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/business/1-million-coin-minted-20111027-1mm8b.html#ixzz2BeBYdrby
THE biggest, heaviest and inherently most valuable gold coin in the world has been unveiled by the Perth Mint.
Weighing 1012 kilograms, it is more than a tonne of 99.99 per cent pure gold worth more than $53.5 million.
The giant coin is 80 centimetres wide, 12 centimetres deep, took 18 months to create and features a bounding red kangaroo on one side and the Queen's motif on the other.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/business/1-million-coin-minted-20111027-1mm8b.html#ixzz2BeBYdrby