A Coin of Olympic Proportions: The Royal Canadian Mint’s $1 Million Gold Coin
Obverse of the famous $1 million gold coin produced by the Royal Canadian Mint
One of the most popular exhibits at the recent 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was the Royal Canadian Mint Pavilion, which housed, in addition to the medals shown in the preceding post, the largest traveling coin in the world. I had previously blogged about this coin when it was touring the Middle East. At the time it was made, it was the largest, purest gold coin in the world. The Royal Canadian Mint actually makes these to order, so if you can afford the labour and the cost of the 100kg of pure gold (several times the face value of the coin), feel free to place and order and leave me a tip. The reverse of the coin, with a new take on an old Canadian symbol, is shown below.
Reverse of the $1 million gold coin
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March 7th, 2010 @ 7:23 pm
I saw the lineup outside to get in to see this thing. It actually is quite impressive, thanks for the photo!
March 7th, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
Thanks for your comment, Jon; I’m glad you liked the picture. There were actually two main lineups at the Mint Pavilion: one to see everything but the medals, and the other to see everything including the medals.
March 9th, 2010 @ 5:28 pm
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