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The world’s largest coin

This Swedish plate money was worth 10 daler silvermynt. It weighs 19.7 kilograms and is the largest coin in the world. A copper plate had to be large and heavy to be worth 10 daler silvermynt. 26,774 of these plates were made at the Avesta mint between 1644 and 1645. Today, only eight remain.

10 daler silvermynt, Avesta, Kristina, 1644

  10 daler silvermynt, Avesta, Kristina, 1644