Gold Coin Stolen In Berlin

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The Berlin police are on alert for the spectacular theft of a giant gold coin that was stolen Monday afternoon from the Bode Museum, in the German city.

Issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007, the coin is known as the "Big Maple Leaf" and is in the Guinness Book of World Records for its purity of 999.99 / 1000 in gold.

The coin has been in that place since 2010 and now, in addition to its whereabouts, what is sought is to determine how the bandits were able to take it, since it weighs 221 pounds and is 20 inches in diameter.

According to reports from the Berlin Polizei, the robbery happened around 2:00 pm local time. Following the theft, officers found a staircase near a train track located around the museum.

Police officials said in a statement that the thieves appeared to have broken into a window at the rear of the museum. The currency - it was assured in the notice revealed in part by the New York Times - was protected by armored glass, however, it is unknown if there were security cameras protecting it.

The coin bears on one side the face of Queen Elizabeth II, who is also the sovereign of Canada, and it indicates that its value is $ 1 million. However, its real value is estimated at $ 4.5 million.