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Arizona Coin Collector

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Jan 28, 2010, 2:44:34 PM1/28/10
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Hello

I wonder how many Gold Coins could be made from this brick?

A visitor touches the world's largest solid gold brick
weighing 220kg (worth over US $7.8 million at today's
price), at the Jinguashi Gold Museum in Ruifang, Taipei
county, on December 2, 2009. (SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

Link to Image:
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/gold_01_20/g01_21295619.jpg

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Mr. Jaggers

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Jan 28, 2010, 3:20:12 PM1/28/10
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One 220kg coin, 220,000 1g coins, or several other possibilities in between.

James the Apothecary


som...@some.domain

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Jan 29, 2010, 12:34:58 PM1/29/10
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wouldn't that be pretty small?

Mr. Jaggers

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Jan 29, 2010, 1:01:53 PM1/29/10
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The U.S. gold dollar was 1.672g. The California fractionals would have all
been less than a gram apiece. So, yup, pretty small, but not without
precedent.

James the Numismatic Historian


Tony Clayton

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Feb 2, 2010, 1:39:44 PM2/2/10
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Its sheer weight will make it quite hard to nick, and
it is small enough to prevent too many people getting round it!

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