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Old May 31st 08, 02:29 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Jerry Dennis
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Default World's largest coin

On May 29, 7:43�am, "Bruce Remick" wrote:
"Nick Knight" wrote in message

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In , on 05/28/2008
� at 06:53 PM, "Arizona Coin Collector" said:


Not what you would call "pocket change". �


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news.../2044410/World...


Only five examples of the pure gold "Canadian Maple Leaf",
weighing 100 kilograms and worth about a million pounds.


Wow. �That's huge ... I thought those Panama silver pieces I had awhile
back
were "the largest". �They were at least marked as legal tender tho, these
don't appear to be.


Sort of a stretch of the word "coin", IMO. �Does the fact that a piece of
bullion is round with a design make it a coin?


Interesting anyway. �I gave up Canadian coins awhile back. �Good thing, as
I'd hate to have to try to budget for this one!


Nick


Oy! � You should see the ALBUM!- Hide quoted text -

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Album? What about the slab? After all, don't you want something like
that AUTHENTICATED?

Jerry
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