It weighs 221 pounds or 100 kilos - hardly suitable for a parking meter or laundry coin machine. A copy was on loan to a museum in Berlin, Germany until thieves broke in under cover of darkness and dragged this prize up one flight and out a rear window. The head of Queen Elizabeth II on one side suffered bruises and the Maple Leaf on the reverse wilted. Hardly a way to treat a TransAtlantic Ally. As Jimmy Durante used to say "What a revoltin' development!"
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/world/europe/gold-coin-berlin-stolen.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fcanada
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