This year the Spanish Mint will issue a kilo (1000 g, diameter 100 mm) silver coin dedicated to the Historia del Dólar / History of the Dollar. What is neat about the design is that it features eight coins which represent this history. (Here is some info in Spanish.) Face value €300 but of course these pieces are surcharged. Mintage will be limited to 1,000 pieces, I think. The coin will probably be presented by the mint (FNMT-RCM) at the World Money Fair next month. Guess we will also learn more about the price tag then. Hope the embedded links below work. If not, click the article link above. Christian
By putting some dollars aside? Well, I'll pass. Basically I like the idea of "coins on coins", but I don't really see much of a design effort here. Oh, and as for the "eight" coins, well, seven are displayed, and the silver beast itself is number eight ... Christian
Going into currency trading are ya Michael ? It's a good looking coin - I like it ! And they no doubt made it that big so they could depict the designs of the coins they are using to illustrate what a "dollar" was at various times in history and in different countries. Now if they could only figure out something appropriate to commemorate ducats !
Lovely design. Cannot imagine what a 100mm diameter would look like in hand. The heft would be incredible!
You know that thing about a roll of quarters in a sock? Well, this coin is four rolls of quarters in a sock. You'd only need to swing it once.