World’s largest gold coin sold

A SPANISH precious metals trading company bought the world’s largest gold coin for €3.27 million ($4m), its exact material worth, from the estate of an insolvent investment firm at a rare auction in Vienna at the weekend.

The 100kg piece, one of only five Canadian $1 million Maple Leaf coins the Royal Canadian Mint has ever produced, was snapped up in a written bid from ORO direct, a gold trading company based in Madrid.