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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 386806, member: 39&quot;]Well, Canada got the idea (to make a huge gold coin) from Austria - the Austrian Mint issued its &quot;Big Phil&quot; (1,000 oz) gold coin in 2004, and the Canadian Mint apparently needed to beat that later. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This silver thing, however, is not a coin - that is, it&#039;s not a government issue, not legal tender, no face value. Don&#039;t know how much the 20 kilo beast costs, but the smaller one (120 g) is about €100 ...</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse is basically a replica of a 1508 Double Guldiner. The reverse has the original inscription along the edge; that was the first coin which mentioned &quot;Europa&quot;. More about the piece is here: <a href="http://www.europataler.at/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.europataler.at/" rel="nofollow">http://www.europataler.at/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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