Workers use a crane to unload the world’s largest gold coin, made by Perth Mint based in Australia, which is on promotional display in Munich, Germany, yesterday. The coin is 80 cm in diameter, weighing in at just over one tonne. The 99.99 per cent pure gold coin has been valued at more than $50 million.

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