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Largest coin ever in circulation?

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Does anybody know what the world's largest coin ever in circulation was? Somebody told me it was the fifty-CFP Franc at 32.9 mm?

I wonder if there has been anything to rival our fabulous Cartwheel Twopence in weight?

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china had some larger cash coins

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this is the same size as a cartwheel, but i believe there were bigger

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A great idea for the hole so they could be threaded on something.

This is my largest dia coin at 42mm but only the weight of a cartwheel 1d.

http://www.omnicoin.com/coin/911169

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My link They must have been in circulation at some point?! :)

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My link They must have been in circulation at some point?! :)

One for the cabinet! Actually, better make that two, showing the obverse AND the reverse, as I can't imagine you'd ever see the other side again!

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My link They must have been in circulation at some point?! :)

Never considered these to be coins, more a statement of wealth or the equivalent of bullion in a bank vault

I'd go for Swedish plate money

David

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Does anybody know what the world's largest coin ever in circulation was? Somebody told me it was the fifty-CFP Franc at 32.9 mm?

I wonder if there has been anything to rival our fabulous Cartwheel Twopence in weight?

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The pound coins produced at Oxford during the civil war are 120g, twice the weight of a cartwheel twopence and in diameter go up to 52mm.

1644-ox-xx-370-obv.jpg

http://www.petitioncrown.com/CHARLES_I_OXFORD_MINT.html

While it might be nice to have one, it wouldn't be very handy for day to day use!

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Does anybody know what the world's largest coin ever in circulation was? Somebody told me it was the fifty-CFP Franc at 32.9 mm?

I wonder if there has been anything to rival our fabulous Cartwheel Twopence in weight?

Descartes

The pound coins produced at Oxford during the civil war are 120g, twice the weight of a cartwheel twopence and in diameter go up to 52mm.

1644-ox-xx-370-obv.jpg

http://www.petitioncrown.com/CHARLES_I_OXFORD_MINT.html

While it might be nice to have one, it wouldn't be very handy for day to day use!

Hi Tom,

Oh my! This is one beautiful and gigantic coin. Extraordinary! :)

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The 1771 copper rouble was the largest coin I think!

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35 minutes ago, Guest Nico said:

The 1771 copper rouble was the largest coin I think!

You might be right at 1.02kg, but ugly as hell and with more excess material than you could shake a stick at

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On 5/6/2012 at 11:45 AM, davidrj said:

I'd go for Swedish plate money

David

Me too. This is a cartwheel 2d sat on top of a 1743 half daler plate. The 10 daler approached 20kg.

½ daler v 1797 2d.JPG

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My 2 cents... or something bigger:

 

Silver: XVII century Segovia 50 reales, 'cincuentín', a bit borderline circulation coin as it was minted only for royal or business gifts.
Over 170g, 77mm diameter. Fabulous workmanship for the time, as all coins from the Segovia mint

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Gold: 100 reales, 'centén', also early XVII century Segovia mint as well. Similar dimensions as cincuentín, 340g of gold. Biggest and baddest Spanish coin, very few minted
If you want one, stash a couple of millions and wait...

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But of course, none of these are strictly speaking circulating coins, unlike a cartwheel pence, so I don't think they qualify.

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11 hours ago, scott said:

I want one of those Roubles :(

As a door stop?

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This Ptolemy III octobol is a bit of a lump too. 

Image burgled from here.

Ptolemy III octobol.JPG

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On 1/4/2017 at 7:33 PM, mrbadexample said:

Me too. This is a cartwheel 2d sat on top of a 1743 half daler plate. The 10 daler approached 20kg.

 

So far the heaviest, wouldn't like a pocket full of those though, they must have had to carry them round on horse and cart

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This is the 10 daler plate (think this one's in the Stockholm museum). :)

As far as I understand it, these were mostly used as shipping ballast to exchange for goods at the proposed destination (or wherever the copper price was best), although the lower denominations did circulate.

Much of the Swedish plate in the market today (about 3000 pieces) was recovered from the wreck of the Nicobar in 1987.

I don't know where mine came from, but it's almost certainly marine salvage judging by the condition. Still weighs in at 237.5g though. :)

10 daler plate.jpg

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