Worlds Largest Gold Coin Minted
The Australian Perth Mint has unveiled the biggest and most valuable gold coin in the world, weighing a massive one tonne of .9999 pure gold. This colossal coin measures nearly 80cms wide and more than 12cms deep, as the showpiece of the Australian Kangaroo Gold Bullion Coin Program its classic design by Dr Stuart Devlin AO CMG goldsmith and jeweller to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has featured on each annual 1 kilo release in the series for more than 20 years. The one tonne masterpiece features a bounding red kangaroo surrounded by stylised rays of sunlight and bordered by the inscription AUSTRALIAN KANGAROO 1 TONNE 9999 GOLD and the year and date, issued as Australian legal tender the obverse of the coin features the Ian Rank Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the inscriptions ELIZABETH II, AUSTRALIA and the monetary denomination of 1 MILLION DOLLARS. The popular Australian Kangaroo Gold Bullion Coin Program offers a stunning choice of gold bullion coins in a range of sizes with various mintage limits and annual design changes.
While it has a nominal value of A$1million (£650,000), and is actually being sold as legal tender for that price, the current cost of gold makes it worth a lot more, the record breaking gold coin could be worth up to A$57.34million (£35million) if it was melted down and separated into gold bars.
Weight...............1 Tonne
Diameter............79cm
Purity.................9999 Gold
Year...................2011
Mintage.............1
Face Value.........$1 million
