Thursday 9 January 2014

Globe's biggest gold coin on show in Hong Kong

The globe's biggest gold coin, on its first check out outside Sydney, was revealed on Friday at the Hold Seng Financial institution go office in Central as part of a display trip for the ancient Perth Great.

The tremendous money is 1,012 kgs and is made from 99.99 % genuine silver. It is 31 inches wide wide, more than 4.7 inches wide dense, and took some 18 months to produce.

The money provides the picture of King Age II, the go of state, on one side and a bouncing kangaroo on the other.

The 2012 Sydney Kangaroo One Tonne Gold Cash is value HK$305 thousand, far more than the AU$1 thousand (HK$6.9 million) legal soft.

Since the money was published, its value has decreased to HK$305 thousand from HK$431.66 thousand, as the value of silver has tumbled.


Unveiling the fantastic disk, Phil Fung Hau-chung, go of international financial and marketplaces at Hold Seng Financial institution, said it was with fortune that Perth Great, a long-term customer of the lender, select Hong Kong as a “strategically important” first check out.

“We spread Perth Mint’s silver coins, and is very popular in Hong Kong and with China everywhere…it shows China as a whole like to obtain silver and silver cafes.”

Despite the China individuals' large hunger for silver, the large money will not be put on community show. Only ‘selected’ retail store and commercial customers at Hold Seng Financial institution will be welcomed to view the money at the loan companies go office. It will be on show there until Jan 11 before it leads to Germany, Malaysia, for a world display.

On its launch two years ago, Perth Great us president Ed Harbuz said it was “the best of inventiveness and innovation”.

“To throw and handcraft a money of this size was an amazing task - one which few other mint candies would even consider,” said Harbuz, at the time.

Fung said a number of issues, from a lack of space to variety an display to a range of security issues, eventually avoided a full community show.

No comments:

Post a Comment