Massive ‘Big Maple Leaf’ gold coin worth millions stolen from German museum
BERLIN — A massive gold coin issued by the Royal Canadian Mint has been stolen from a museum in Germany.
Police in Berlin say thieves broke into the German capital’s Bode Museum before dawn Monday and made off with the 100-kilogram gold coin worth millions of dollars.
The “Big Maple Leaf” coin, which is three centimetres thick with a diameter of 53 centimetres, has a portrait of the Queen on one side and maple leaves on the other.
The museum, which has one of the largest coin collections in the world, said on its website that coin has been on loan in its numismatic collection since 2010.