Re: Auction in Vienna, Austria

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Michael Benveniste

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Jun 13, 2010, 8:41:08 PM6/13/10

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> Anyone interested in worlds largest golden coin? Here is your chance:

One of these was also auctioned on Teletrade in 2007. If I remember
correctly, it didn't sell.

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Farmer Dave

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Jun 13, 2010, 8:00:58 PM6/13/10

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now, if it were an MS-70, I might be interested!

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:45:59 +0200, Nico <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

>Anyone interested in worlds largest golden coin? Here is your chance:
>

>http://www.dorotheum.com/en/presse/vorberichte-detail/die-groesste-goldmuenze-der-welt-wird-im-dorotheum-versteigert.html
>

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Jud

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Jun 14, 2010, 4:42:23 PM6/14/10

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On Jun 13, 5:45 pm, Nico <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Anyone interested in worlds largest golden coin? Here is your chance:
>

> http://www.dorotheum.com/en/presse/vorberichte-detail/die-groesste-go...

Got my picture taken next to it at the ANA convention 2 years (?) ago.
My friends at the RCM let me inside the ropes for the snapshot. I
mean, really! Theater ropes are going to keep someone from taking it?
Ain't nobody gonna shoplift it!

Jud -Pockets too small to conceal coin-

Jerry Dennis

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Jun 16, 2010, 12:05:22 AM6/16/10

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100 kilograms = 220.5 pounds. You comment reminds me of a 16" shell
from one of our battleships that was on exhibit in Port Hueneme, CA
back in the mid 70s. The thing weighed in at over 500 pounds and had
been disarmed (it wouldn't have exploded no matter what you did to
it). Believe it or not, it was CHAINED to a concrete anchor in the
ground. Amazing.

Jerry

Jerry Dennis

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Jun 16, 2010, 12:26:39 AM6/16/10

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On Jun 13, 9:09 pm, Nico <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Michael Benveniste krabde zich op het hoofd en verklaarde te 14-6-2010:

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> > "Nico" <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
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> >> Anyone interested in worlds largest golden coin? Here is your chance:
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> > One of these was also auctioned on Teletrade in 2007. If I remember
> > correctly, it didn't sell.
>

> I had no idea there are more then this one.

Best info I could find states there are five:

http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/learn/million-dollar-coin-1600006

Jerry
Canada can make a $1M coin, but we can't use brass bux. Sheesh.

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Peter

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Jun 16, 2010, 12:11:05 PM6/16/10

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The projectiles from the 16" guns are a bit more than either 500# or
220.5#:

"They fire projectiles weighing from 1,900 to 2,700 pounds (850 to
1,200 kg) at a maximum speed of 2,690 ft/s (820 m/s) up to 24 nautical
miles (39 km). At maximum range the projectile spends almost 1½
minutes in flight."

Jerry Dennis

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Jun 16, 2010, 11:49:20 PM6/16/10

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Okay, Pete. You got me. Let me make a vain attempt to get out of
this one... it was a "small" 16" shell. :-)

Jerry

George

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Jun 17, 2010, 10:59:52 PM6/17/10

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I want mine slabbed.

George

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