In 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint issued a coin worth a million dollars. It was made of 100 kilograms of the purest gold in the world, certified 99.999% pure. The coin, called Big Maple Leaf, was the size of an automobile tire and held the Guinness World Record for the biggest coin for several years. After the first coin was minted, there were enough offers to buy it that the Canadians eventually minted six coins in total. Since then, the value of the gold in those coins rose to about four times the face value of the coin.
One of the coins still resides at the Royal Canadian Mint. The others went to private buyers, one of who loaned the coin to the Bode Museum in Berlin, where it went on display to the public in 2010. While the Bode has 24-hour security, no one thought it would be possible to steal the giant gold coin because of its size. Until a gang made off with the coin in 2017. And it was never to be seen again. Read about the Big Maple Leaf and the audacious heist at Hazlitt. -via Damn Interesting
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