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Australia leads the way!

Yep. that's one metric tonne of gold...

[SeekAndFind]

RE: AUSTRALIA LEAD’s THE WAY.

According to this site:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_ounces_are_in_a_metric_ton

35,274.6 ounces in a metric tonne.

At about $1700/ounce, that giant coin is worth:

35,274.6 X 1700 = $59,967,500.00

[SeekAndFind]

To put things in perspective:

2010 Federal Budget had the gov’t spending $3.552 trillion dollars.
There are 8765 hours in a year:

$3.552 trillion / 8,765 hours = $405,210,571 per hour

That giant Australian Gold coin won’t even sustain our government for 10 minutes.

[Elsie]

You Kiwi's ever have anything like THIS??

[Lazamataz]

That coin might tear a hole in my trousers, unless we attach it to The Hitting Stick.