Canadian “Big Maple Leaf” 220-pound gold coin worth $4.5M stolen, still missing in Berlin
- If you thought Ocean’s Eleven was impressive, this real-life heist will knock your socks off: Known affectionately as the “Big Maple Leaf,” an enormous 220-pound Canadian gold coin worth around $4.5 million was on display in Berlin’s Bode-Museum — until the early hours of Monday, that is, when it mysteriously disappeared.
- The coin — the biggest on earth, according to Guinness World Records — “was stolen last night,” Markus Farr, a near-dumbstruck museum spokesman, told Reuters on Monday morning.
- “It’s gone.” As of Tuesday, more than 24 hours had passed, but authorities had yet to name any suspects. Read more. (3/28/17, 11:58 AM)
Additional information:
- This coin is actually one of five; the other four are currently in private collections around the world.
- The Royal Canadian Mint’s website literally says they made the coins “because we can”.
- The Canadian government has declined to comment on what unholy power - if any - will be unlocked if all five coins are brought together.
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