Wednesday 27 July 2011

Largest gold bar

Largest gold bar

The world's largest gold bar at the Toi gold mine.
The world's largest gold bar stands at 250 kg (551 lb), measuring 45.5 cm × 22.5 cm × 17 cm (equal to 17403.75 cm³, or 17.9 in x 8.9 in x 6.7 in≈1062.04 in³). It was manufactured by the Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi. It went on display at the Toi gold mine on July 11, 2005. It was valued in 2005 at 400 million yen (approximately $3,684,000 USD at the time[3]),[4][5] though at current 2011 gold prices it is worth $12,871,360 at $1,460 per oz.

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