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 Post subject: Canada announces release of world's biggest coin
PostPosted: Fri 05-04-2007 10:53AM 
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http://www.mint.ca/royalcanadianmintpublic/index.aspx?requestedPath=/en-CA/Home/default.htm

Pizza-sized $1 million gold piece, anyone?

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PostPosted: Fri 05-04-2007 10:56AM 
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... will be making its international debut on BET.

Cause thats how real pimps stunt.


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PostPosted: Fri 05-04-2007 11:00AM 
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Wow.... Canada is really dumb

why would they do that

"Because we can."

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el_lorenzo wrote:
Wow.... Canada is really dumb

why would they do that

"Because we can."


lol, that's as good enough reason to do anything!

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heh... worthless... but ill take 2

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TrailerParkHero wrote:
... will be making its international debut on BET.

Cause thats how real pimps stunt.


They probably made it specifically for Flavor Flav.

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Agentzak wrote:
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... will be making its international debut on BET.

Cause thats how real pimps stunt.


They probably made it specifically for Flavor Flav.


a 1000 kg, million dollar clock coin

YEA BOI!!

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Actually if you took the coin and melted it down and sold the gold you would get about 2,443,854.91CAD for it as you need to convert 100kg into oz and then USD into CAD. 100kg = 3,215.074oz, gold is selling for $686.90/oz, and 686.90USD = 760.124CAD. I am guessing that they are going to sell it for at least 3mill CAD. BTW I actually have been to the RCM in Ottawa in '98. I am also a coin collecter and have somewhere around $500 in coins.

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Any good coin collector knows you shouldn't release any info pertaining to your collection anywhere so's that noone wants to snag your preciouses.

N00b. :lol:

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I am not in Rolla so I am OK. Plus all of my stuff is locked up in fire resistant safes.

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Ahh, touche'.

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plus, no loss if it goes missing. he stole it from someone that mentioned it on a forum about 3 years ago.

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karl wrote:
el_lorenzo wrote:
Wow.... Canada is really dumb

why would they do that

"Because we can."


lol, that's as good enough reason to do anything!


Hee hee. But seriously, it's an awesome reason realistically. It's an impeccable production sample--"proving" that we can do this task is crazy amazing. It's like building amazing rediculously-expensive bikes to prove you're the best motorcycle chop shop around. It's a way to gain a lot of business.

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Did they make this coin so they can pave the way for a 3 story ferrari vending machine?

Actually I bet it would be hilarious to pay off a loan with one of those babies. Just roll into the bank with a dolly carrying a solid gold sewer lid.

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