Solid gold coin worth $4m stolen from Berlin museum

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39409754

Solid gold coin worth $4m stolen from Berlin museum

27 March 2017

From the section Europe

A giant gold coin bearing the Queen's image, and worth $4m (£3.2m), has been stolen from a museum in Germany. The Canadian coin, nicknamed the "big maple leaf", has a face value of $1m - but because it is 100kg (220lb) of pure 24-carat gold, its value is much higher at today's price for gold bullion.

It was taken during the night from the Bode Museum in Berlin. It is not clear how the thieves evaded the alarm system or carried the heavy, half-metre (20.9 in) coin away.

The theft is believed to have happened at around 03:30 Monday morning (01:30 GMT). The coin is thought to be too heavy for a single person to carry, and police believe the thieves entered through a window. A ladder was found on the train tracks nearby.
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"The coin was secured with bullet-proof glass inside the building. That much I can say," he added - but refused to discuss details about security staff or the alarm system.

The coin was minted by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007.
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It is 3cm (1.18in) thick, 53cm in diameter, and carries a likeness of Queen Elizabeth II on one side, as Canada's head of state. The other side shows the Canadian national symbol, the maple leaf.
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[still_one]

1. wonder if someone from the trumpensteins stole it to pay for NATO