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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1936987, member: 4373&quot;]The largest gold &quot;coin&quot; that was circulated that came up to mind immediately was the Japanese oban. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cban" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cban" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ōban</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From memory it was about 5 ounces but it might be around 50% gold but that still gives you more than 2 ounces of gold in it. It&#039;s not surprising how much of these &quot;coins&quot; were exported out of Japan from exploiting exchange rates around 1800s and that caused an immediate change in coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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