post your giant coins

i want one of those DM!

 

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Here is my largest. Slightly bigger than a US silver dollar.

 

Who is this guy?

 

@Siberian Man , if you're referring to my post, he was "Andre the Giant": pro-wrestler, part-time movie star.

 

Andre' the giant? No?

 

To Paraphrase the great Crocodile Dundee - :THAT'S not a big coin - THIS is a big coin.

Of course, it's a Swedish Plate Money 4 Daler Coin of 1730 and is over ten inches wide. The "small" coin beside it is no slouch either. A Chinese "cash" coin which measures 2 11/16 inch (68mm) in diameter.

All the best,
Col

 

Had problems with the photo - will try again. Col

 

HOLY SMOKES! i've seen a few pictures of these things, they are amazing. how much does that thing weigh?

 

It's a nice item. It weighs 3 kilograms 70 grams (a bit over 6 3/4 lbs) and was a coin that was actually used in normal purchases. At that time coins contained their intrinsic value in metal content - a 4 daler coin had 4 daler's worth of silver in it. Sweden, at that time, had very little silver but lots of copper.
Here are more piccies of the Chinese coin – a 100 cash coin of Emperor Hsien Feng 1851-61 – 68mm diameter and 187 grams (6½ oz). The coins with it are a 5 Chu of Emperor Wu Ti 266-290 AC – 11mm diameter and 0.55 of a gram. The even smaller coin is an Indian silver fanam of the 19th Century – 6mm in diameter and 0.42 of a gram.

All the best,
Col

 

Holy cow batman! That is one huge and beautiful coin! Learn something new everyday.

 

Now that's one mother friggin' BIG coin; but it doesn't even come close to the world record holder. The 2,204-pound

Gold Kangaroo coin from the Perth Mint in Australia holds that title by a wide margin. This massive coin beat out

Canada's 220-pound coin for the title in 2011. With a diameter of well over six and a half inches, and a thickness of

over a foot, this coin was designed for bragging rights, not practical use.

 

LOL to the censored Dahomey coin.

 

But.... but.... but he's touching it with his hand!! The oils in it must have destroyed any value!

 

You have a point there!!!

 

Great Britain Copper 1797 Cartwheel Penny 36mm.

 

Someday I want to get the two pence. It's 40mm.

 

that's a nice lookin' cartwheel

 

Thanks, I've got a type set of the copper fartings and pennys, George III-Victoria.

 

Yeah, I know, farthings. I typed that post while half asleep lol.