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Largest silver coin for the Year of Dog

www.chinanews.cn 2006-02-01 18:05:24

The world's biggest and heaviest animal sign silver coin for the Year of
the Dog first showed up in Teem Mall in Guangzhou on Jan.31. It is learnt
that this silver coin was made of 99.9% pure silver, 220 millimeters in
diameter and 25 millimeters in thickness. Designed and made in the
Australian Perth Mint, one of the most ancient coin producers in the
globe, only 30 of this silver coin were minted and its initial value was
estimated at 100,000 yuan (US$12,330) a piece.

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