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China plans 10 kg gold coin for millennium

BEIJING: China will issue the world's biggest gold coin weighing 10 kg (22 lb) next month to mark the millennium, the China Daily reported on Friday.

The official newspaper said only 20 of the heavyweight coins would be issued, each in a set of four gold coins and three silver.

The coins, each worth 30,000 yuan ($3,610), have nine dragons etched on one side inscribed with "In Commemoration of the Millennium" and the "People's Republic of China", it said.

The other side shows a human eye and the 12 lunar signs.

The newspaper did not give the dimensions of the coin.-Reuters