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Thieves broke into Berlin’s Bode Museum and made off with a million-dollar gold coin

Thieves broke into Berlin’s Bode Museum and made off with a million-dollar gold coin An enormous Canadian coin called “The Big Maple Leaf” was stolen from Berlin’s Bode Museum in the early hours of ...
Artnet

221-Pound Gold Coin Worth $4.5 Million Stolen From Berlin Museum

A massive gold coin weighing in at 221 pounds was improbably nicked by thieves from Berlin’s Bode Museum yesterday, Monday, March 27, at around 3:30 a.m. The coin, known as “Big Maple Leaf,” is a ...
Artnet

Skateboarding Thieves Stole a Giant $4 Million Coin From a Berlin Museum. Now a Trial Begins—But the Coin’s Still Missing

The enormous gold coin stolen in an audacious break-in at Berlin’s Bode Museum in 2017 is still missing as suspects accused of carrying out the heist go on trial. Weighing a staggering 100 kilograms ...
Smithsonian Magazine

World’s Largest Gold Coin Stolen From Berlin Museum

The Canadian coin known as “Big Maple Leaf” weighs almost 221 pounds. It is made of 99.999 percent pure gold, with a market value of more than $4 million. The Royal Canadian Mint produced only five ...
The Washington Post

Berlin's Bode Museum Reopening After 6-Year Overhaul

Berlin's famed Museum Island complex moves a big step closer to recovering its former glory as the Bode Museum, home to the city's sculpture collection, reopens this week after six years of ...