World's largest gold coin; Million-dollar coin

On May 3, 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) unveiled a Gold Maple Leaf coin by artist Stanley Witten, with a face value of $1 million Canadian dollar. The weight of the coin is 100 kilograms, and measures 50 cm in diameter by 3 cm thick. The coin is mainly a promotional product to give the RCM a higher international profile. The 100-kilogram coin was conceived as a showpiece to promote the RCM's new line of 99.999 percent pure, one-ounce gold maple...

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1983 new pence, two pence that worth £500

Yesterday, I read a news about a Weston couple hoping to make thousands from two pence. Brian and Penny Drury, of Palmer Street, stumbled across the rare find in a collectors' pack bought 26 years ago. Brian, aged 43, ordered the souvenir pack from a national newspaper and it has been hidden away and forgotten about since. But when Penny, also aged 43, was told last week that a 1983 two pence coin with new pence written on was valuable she told her...

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Nigerian Black Money Scam

I received dozen of black money scam email a day. This scam usually begins with a letter or e-mail purportedly sent to a selected recipient but actually sent to many, making an offer that would result in a large payoff for the victim. The e-mail's subject line often says something like "From the desk of Mr. [Name]", "Your assistance is needed", and so on. The details vary, but the usual story is that a person, often a government or bank employee,...

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London 2012 Olympic Games 50 pence coin designed by 9 years old

Congratulations to nine-year-old Florence Jackson from Bristol who has made history by becoming the first child to design a reverse for a legal tender United Kingdom coin. Yesterday Royal Mint announced her winning design for the Blue Peter Design-a-50p Competition - chosen from over 17,000 entries - celebrates Athletics and will take its place in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games 50p collections, a collection of 29 coins with special...

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Canada maple leaf scam

I am looking for a story about how people make a replica of a coin and its resulted finding this story of Canada Maple leaf scam. This can be happening to any coin collector around the world and a great read to make use aware of this kind of scam. This Maple Leaf scam happened in the United States. They're called as a "million-dollar gold coin scam" involving counterfeit versions of the Royal Canadian Mint's famous one-ounce Maple Leaf coin.Using...

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Sea Life Coin: 1/2oz Silver Proof Lionfish

Perth Mint has been releasing another stunning coins celebrating five fascinating reef dwellers from the amazing Australia sea life coin series. The first coin is the Lionfish coin. The future releases in this series depict a Leafy Sea Dragon (November 2009), Clownfish (January 2010), Seahorse (March 2010) and Moray Eel (May 2010). The coin is struck by The Perth Mint from 1/2oz of 99.9% pure silver in proof quality.A Lionfish is any of several...

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Sierra Leone-Remember Michael Jackson 1958–2009 Coin

The sudden death of superstar Michael Jackson in June 2009 shocked the world and the Bank of Sierra Leone has released a coin to honour the life of one of the world’s greatest performers. The remembering Micheal Jackson Silver proof and cupro nickel coin are minted by Pobjoy Mint and not intended for sale in the United states. Pobjoy Mint is a minting company based in Kingswood park, Southern England. The Company has been deeply involved in the...

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Malaya & British Borneo one dollar banknote-duit kerbau 1 ringgit

First of all, sorry to all my reader for missing posting an article for this past few days. My broadband service provider is giving me a headache with unstable connection for this past few days since the tsunami and earthquake in Sumatera and Padang, Indonesia. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the city of Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing at least 75 people and trapping thousands under rubble. I like to express my gratitude to all...

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