Gold Coin

Thinking of adding to your gold coin collection?

Sorry but you just missed the chance of a lifetime to own a 220 pound weight gold coin!

European Pressphoto Agency

The Maple Leaf gold coin, made by the Canadian Mint in 2007, has a face value of one million Canadian dollars (US$965,300). This coin sold for €3.27 million ($4.03 million) to just one bidder.

Gold Coin

This gold coin was sold as part of the liquidation of the assets of AvW Group, founded by Wolfgang Auer von Welsbach, the great-grandson of a 19th century Austrian nobleman and industrialist who invented the lighter flint and gas mantle. Mr. von Welsbach is in police custody, facing possible charges of embezzlement and fraud in connection with the firm’s collapse.