This giant gold coin weighs 10 kilograms
Recommended for Foundational Grades
Giant gold coin
The Royal Mint is the official maker of coins in the United Kingdom. It has been making coins for more than 1000 years. Recently, it created its biggest-ever gold coin.\
Important Details
- This 10,000-pound giant gold coin weighs about 10 kg and is 20 centimetres wide.
- That’s bigger than the palms of your hands put together.
- It took about 16 days to make this huge coin!
- This giant gold coin is part of a special coin collection called the Queen’s Beasts.
- The collection was inspired by 10 stone statues that Queen Elizabeth II passed by when she became queen of Britain in 1953.
- Each statue is of an animal and has a special meaning.
- This giant gold coin has all of the 10 beasts (animals) in one design.
- They include a lion, a dragon, a unicorn and a horse.
- The coins from this collection are a big favourite of coin collectors across the world.
Watch the video below on how to make your own coin at home. Video credit: Make it/Youtube
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