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BIG MAPLE LEAF BELIEVED MELTED
As suspected, the giant "Big Maple Leaf" gold coin stolen from the Bode Museum in Berlin has been melted down, according to news reports this week. Dick Hanscom was the first to send an article, from the Daily Mail. Article also appeared in other newspapers, but all are short on new facts. Here's a relevant excerpt from the Daily Mail and links to multiple articles.
-Editor
But now police in Berlin say they may have finally recovered the solid Queen Elizabeth II coin - in the shape of a melted-down gold bar. The coin, which was worth an estimated £3.3million and weighed 221lbs, was stolen from the Bode Museum in Berlin on 27 March. One of the suspects is believed to be a former museum supervisor, and the others were linked to another Arab clan suspected of being involved with other thefts.
The Mirror said the gold was "in the shape of a 100kg gold bar."
-Editor
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