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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a fantastic design, snowman!
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Valued Member
 United States
451 Posts |
Wow Snowman! That coin is huge!!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I have a few of these. This one pictured is not mine, but it gives you an idea of the size. Legal tender of only $30 if any one ever offers you one...  1 kg of silver, 101mm.  |
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United States
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Not nearly as impressive as these bullion pieces, I've got a couple of the whopper German Notgeld 50 million marks; these come in at 38mm.
The modern French 50 Francs in the 60s are an impressive 41mm, big for a circulating coin. They say, however, that people didn't use them much, preferring to hoard. When you have one in your hand you understand the reflex. These days, with the two exceptions (a date and a variety), they're bullion coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The biggest bullion coin that I know of is noted and pictured in the Australasian Coin & Banknote Magazine. The subject of the article was minted in Austria.
Size? 100 kilogram gold coin. Just a little too big to put in your pocket!
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 Australia
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As a general rule, I prefer to collect things that fit into a 2x2, and coins that actually circulated; the modern maxi-crowns and bullion mega-pieces therefore have two strikes against them before entering my collection. I believe the largest circulating coin I have is this one:  It's a multiple dirham of the Samanids, an Islamic dynasty that ruled in Afghanistan circa 1000 AD. It's 45mm at its longest, 42mm at its shortest; I believe it was the largest silver coin ever issued up to that time; larger than (though not as thick or heavy as) the ancient Greek dekadrachm. It doesn't fit into a 2x2, but because it's so thin, it fits (just!) into a 2x2-sized coin flip. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Like Sap, I discount coins not meant for circulation. My biggest is 20 Balboa from Panama 1974. Is weighs some 130 grams. I am not sure about the diameter (I am not currently in the same place as my coins or my pictures of them) but it must be above 60 mms. However, I cannot be sure this is not a commemmorative coin. If so, then my heaviest non-commem is 10 kopecks 1779 from Siberia. It weighs more than 60 grams. My Norwegian speciedaler 1655 has a slightly bigger diameter (about 45 mms) but under half the weight.
I also have a cartwheel 1797. Very nice coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thank you folks for showing pictures of all these large coins,  how 'bout someone start also on the smallest coins that exist at another posting. Please! Edited by macmercury
11/16/2010 10:23 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My largest is your standard US silver eagle coin at 40.6 mm.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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The Kuka Berra puts my 2 ozer to shame. Hope I spelled it right
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Here is my largest coin, the 20 Balboa 1974 Panama. According to Krause this is a regular issue, not a commemmorative  Size is 61 mms.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have several Mexico Cuauhtemoc Cinco Peso coins from 1947 and 1948.  These circulated for a short period. 40 mm, 30 grams. https://www.brianrxm.comThe Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin Coins in Movies Coins on Television
Edited by willieboyd2
11/16/2010 4:01 pm
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Australia
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The Panama 20 balboas are definitely NCLT. They were Franklin Mint gimmicks, produced in conjunction with replica "Panama Pills", the teeny tiny 2½ centesimo first issued in 1904. I believe FM marketed them as "The largest and smallest silver coins in the world" and sold them both as a pair, individually, or combined with the other Panamanian coins in a mint or proof set. Coins? Yeah. But I personally don't want one.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Australia
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how 'bout someone start also on the smallest coins that exist at another posting. Please! Try this archived thread. It's old, but I don't think the answers have changed in the past few years. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, Sap, the answer to that question has not changed. But I think it's not what macmercury had in mind. Just like this thread is titled "What's the largest coin you have?" and we're sharing our largest without really competing (we're not competing, are we?) or trying to figure out which one is the biggest in the universe, we could share the smallest ones we have in a similar thread. It would be nice to see some examples in the community.
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Posted 11/15/2010 9:22 pm
