Giant gold coin sold for $4 million
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The world's largest gold coin has been sold at auction in Austria for $4 million.
The coin, a 2007 maple leaf coin with a face value of 1 million Canadian dollars ($960,000) that weighs 220 pounds and has a diameter of 21 inches, went under the hammer Friday at Austria's prestigious Dorotheum auction house. It was pocketed by Spanish precious metal trading company Oro Direct. (AP)
