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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3585490, member: 98035&quot;]Not the largest, but the Greco-Bactrian king Amyntas minted a whopping dodekadrachm in silver; 62-67mm and around 85g</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-amyntas.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-amyntas.html" rel="nofollow">http://coinindia.com/galleries-amyntas.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I actually recently acquired a Japanese chogin; a nice hefty 81.44g although it&#039;s not as large as I thought it would be</p><p>[ATTACH=full]957174[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]957175[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is probably small compared to most; these were actually delivered in sealed packages of a specified weight, with the chogin making up the bulk of the weight, and smaller mameita gin making up the balance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some provincial Japanese coins were quite large:</p><p>Akita 9 momme 2 bu, 79x56mm but only 34g</p><p><a href="https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/heritage/browse?a=610&amp;l=626415" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/heritage/browse?a=610&amp;l=626415" rel="nofollow">https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/heritage/browse?a=610&amp;l=626415</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen claims of provincial silver &quot;coins&quot; in the form of silver sheets about the size of a small textbook, but from my understanding most are of dubious authenticity and none probably circulated.</p><p><br /></p><p>After a little googling I found an impressively large Chinese 50-tael sycee, 1,889g</p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/china-ching-dynasty-silver-50-tael-square-sycee-/a/3015-23895.s#auction-description" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/china-ching-dynasty-silver-50-tael-square-sycee-/a/3015-23895.s#auction-description" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/china/china-ching-dynasty-silver-50-tael-square-sycee-/a/3015-23895.s#auction-description</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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