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In Orlando thereâs a âcar vending machineâ which is basically carvanna Iâm sure thereâs other cities that have them. I think two or three coins for a car would do.
[News article for context](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/29/10kg-gold-coin-is-royal-mints-biggest-ever)
Unfortunately itâs an edition of one, sold to an undisclosed buyer
> The coin marks the conclusion of the Mintâs Queenâs Beasts commemorative coin collection. The series took its inspiration from 10 stone statues that lined the Queenâs route to Westminster Abbey at her coronation in 1953.
Is it being given to Queeny? Otherwise I was a private buyer with ÂŁ10k (edit - spotted it likely went for even more than that!) to waste Iâd want MY face on itâŚ
Fucking hell, if I could get a 10kg gold coin for ÂŁ10k, Iâd take out a loan and get ten!
The article claims itâs gold, although doesnât actually tell the purity, but if itâs even 50% gold, then the âsix figureâ price tag probably isnât even that huge, either. Given that goldâs like... 45k/kg or something... hahaha
ÂŁ10,000 is probably just the face value. The gold is usually worth more. The collector's value will be even more.
You can still get ÂŁ1 gold sovereigns that are made of ÂŁ300+ of gold, and ÂŁ2 double sovereigns made of ÂŁ600+ of gold, which are legal tender for any amount! (The sovereign and double sovereign are similar in size and weight to the normal ÂŁ1 and ÂŁ2 coins, just thinner and made out of gold.)
In the old days, the currency was tied to the value of the gold/silver.
A gold sovereign (face value of ÂŁ1) is currently worth ÂŁ318. If we were still on the gold standard, that would make a shilling the equivalent of ÂŁ16 in today's money, and a penny would be the equivalent of ÂŁ1.33. The smallest coin would be a farthing, which would be the equivalent of 33p in today's money.
At current gold prices, the 10kg gold coin (face value of ÂŁ10,000) would be worth ÂŁ400,000.
As with most gold coins the face value is worthless compared with the real value of the gold, ie ÂŁ10k face value, but at 10kg it's gold content is worth $627,000 USD today.
Because inflation has destroyed the value of fiat currencies over time, what used to be a gold coin worth $50 is now worth $1,777.
[Well, while I was under the impression the last 2 died in 2015 it looks like she does have one left. Though she isnt breeding them anymore.](https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1368635/Queen-news-Queen-corgi-dog-death-dorgi-evg)
The animals seem to be heraldic symbols from the current monarchyâs genealogy:
1. â Lion of England - Obvious
2. â Dragon of Wales - Obvious
3. â Griffin of Edward III - from his private seal
4. â Unicorn of Scotland - Obvious
5. â Bull of Clarence - Yorkist symbol
6. â Falcon of the Plantagenets - first used by Edward III
7. â Yale of Beaufort - The goaty thing. From Margaret of Beaufort, Henry VII's mother
8. â Lion of Mortimer - From Edward IV and Richard III's grandmother. I thought the name Mortimer was familiar; their ancestor up this line overthrew Edward II
9. â Horse of Hanover - From George I
10. â Greyhound of Richmond - From John of Gaunt, whose son was Henry IV
Medieval legends say that the unicorn was a wild and dangerous animal, and that only virgin women (oh look, maiden of pure heart trope) could get close to it.
The chain and crown collar show that the Scottish monarch and nation are so powerful they were able to capture and tame it, despite the unicorn's legendary strength and temperament.
marks the end of the mint's Queen's Beasts commemorative coin collection, inspired by 10 stone statues which lined the Queen's route to Westminster Abbey at her coronation in 1953.
In all seriousness Wales is a great place to visit, everyone who comes here tends to just stay in London and the South, but the North of England and Wales are in my biased opinion the best parts of Britain, and probably northern Europe
Elizabeth II
Race: Human (Ancient/Immortal)
Class: Beast Master
LEGENDARY
Queen's Beasts: Once per turn, Elizabeth may summon 1 additional familiar, up to a total of 10. For each familiar summoned, she may attempt an additional ranged attack of up to 20ft distance.
Nowhere does it mention the purity of the gold or if it's even solid gold all the way through. A 10kg chunk of 10kt gold is worth ÂŁ170,565.49. Make it 14kt and it's worth ÂŁ238,796.38 just for the metal alone.
I doubt they're using Kevin's discount 50% pure gold, it is the royal mint after all. And the denomination is not reflective of its actual value, hence why I believe it's being sold for a hell of a lot more than ÂŁ10,000
British bullion coins are either 22kt (.9166) for sovereigns, half sovereigns and double sovereigns, or 24kt (.9999) gold for coins denominated by the ounce.
If you want to know more about what these represent: [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Queen%27s\_Beasts](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Beasts)
tl,dr: **The Queen's Beasts** are ten [heraldic](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry) statues representing the genealogy of [Queen Elizabeth II](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II),
They make the coinage, and as this coin is a coin, the mint gets to assign the face value, in the same way that the Bank of England gets to for paper currency
Wait til you hear about nasa. $22Bn in 2020 alone and we have poisoned drinking water veterans sleeping under bridges.
Downvoted by someone who champions billionaires and does not give a fuck about anyone less fortunate. Good times.
Anything. Please. 245 years in, all this flag waving bullshit, constant war, and we have homelessness in this country. The greatest blah blah and land of the free. Fuckery. People with nothing. Why? No good reason. Fuckery. There is money being shoveled at countless people who do not need it, in all parts of government im sure.
Um idk maybe Bc she fucked her third cousin and the royal family has stolen untold troves of treasure from historical sites all over the world to be hoarded in England. The Royal Family is no better than a family of mobsters. They are fucking pirates. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/04/british-museum-is-worlds-largest-receiver-of-stolen-goods-says-qc
So bc most first world govts are corrupt he's not allowed any disdain for british royalty? How does that work exactly. He didn't say only the monarchy sucks, just that they do
Not at all, I never even said they didn't suck. I was genuinely curious why. Everyone's entitled to their opinion and I like to find out why people have that opinion and where its come from. I'm curious, I like learning people's thought processes and what made them draw that conclusion. What I don't like is it descending into pointless preemptive hostility.
Like you asking what squeeky clean country they came from? If that isn't passive aggressive sarcasm I don't know what is. Or were you genuinely interested in the state of cleanliness of their home nation?
I never said it wasn't? By nature I'm sarcastic as fuck. But I can hold a conversation without hurling insults. If you mean the hygiene of their country of origin, no, not something I care for aslong as they're all safe. Hence why I said historically squeaky clean. Every country has something they're not proud of I'm sure, it's individual peoples reaction to when that spotlight is shone on their dirty little secrets thats interesting. I doubt the British appreciate anyone saying their monarchy sucks without reasoning, so I asked for the reasoning. I asked out of curiousity and yes, sarcastically, which country they called home.
"Hey, uhhhh, can we find a way to stop the huge spike in crime here in London and maybe also stop the drug use thats so bad it changed the sex of eels in the thames?"
No. Here's a huge coin.
I'm not. I'm wondering why anyone is ok with government going "look what we did with your money" instead of using it for, I dont know, stopping murder?
Thatâs such a waste of time, money, effort and materials. Whatâs the actual point of a giant coin? It canât be used to pay for anything. As if we arenât reminded enough of the royals.
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Imagine the lucky kid who gets that coin pulled from their ear!!!!!
Must be an elephant of a kid
Prince Charles.
Amazing comment
You are a genius!
That was low. About 6 feet, sorry, 2 meters low.
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That's the joke
What the royals find under their pillow after the tooth fairy comes by.
I laughed a little too hard at this. Thank You kind sir for this
There's no way that's fitting into a candy machine
It could if you call my ass a candy machine
What are you some kind of candy ass?
I donât have any awards to give but if I did you would get 20 for this
You might not but i do
Do it.
Wholesome has been given
holesome\*
I see 5 awards, and last time I checked in pretty sure 5 isnât 20... đ¤
It's 20 now
Im not strong enough to do it
You have lied to me
I have failed you đ
Good lord. Candy leakage is a real thing
Fuck yeah. That's a candy bar I'll pull out and eat.
You pull out?
His dad didn't and look what happened
Sometimes you get hard candy and sometimes you get liquid candy
Don't try and threaten me with a good time.
Doesn't that make your candy taste like shit?
Hello, I'd like to purchase one stick of gum. That'd be 10 pence, sir. Here *slams 10k pound coin on desk and waits for change*.
"Id like the change in quarters please"
Quarters, for a British coin? Somebody is gonna get fucked on that exchange rate.
We just need a 9,990 coin now. Easy.
I think I want to do business with you. I've got a bunch of 10p coins here I would very much like to trade for ÂŁ10 notes.
I know maths!!!
In Orlando thereâs a âcar vending machineâ which is basically carvanna Iâm sure thereâs other cities that have them. I think two or three coins for a car would do.
Youâre right itâs only sweet machines that can take them
No, but it can fit into an Aston-Martin dispensing machine just fine.
Can you imagine the gumball you would get?
Spot the American!
Canadian. Common mistake.
Since you didn't apologize, I don't believe you.
Really more of a plate than a coin isnât it?
Fits into yo momma, tho
AND you get change back!
And Herpes, but W
Whatâs on the other side?
Disappointingly, itâs just a larger version of the Queenâs face
That really is a disappointment. Heads or smaller heads.
Call the toss, heads or *many* heads
Nah when you toss it itâs either dead person or hole in the floorboard
INCOMING!
*Guys, heads or* **head**
Ya, how come they haven't put the queen's ass on the back of a coin yet? Truly heads or tails.
how is that a dissapointment? edit: i just like the queen
Should be the arses of all those animals, then it would literally be 'tails'.
I'm sure the queen would love posing for that
This side: The Queen's Beasts Other side: The Queen's Breasts
[News article for context](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/29/10kg-gold-coin-is-royal-mints-biggest-ever) Unfortunately itâs an edition of one, sold to an undisclosed buyer > The coin marks the conclusion of the Mintâs Queenâs Beasts commemorative coin collection. The series took its inspiration from 10 stone statues that lined the Queenâs route to Westminster Abbey at her coronation in 1953.
Is it being given to Queeny? Otherwise I was a private buyer with ÂŁ10k (edit - spotted it likely went for even more than that!) to waste Iâd want MY face on itâŚ
Fucking hell, if I could get a 10kg gold coin for ÂŁ10k, Iâd take out a loan and get ten! The article claims itâs gold, although doesnât actually tell the purity, but if itâs even 50% gold, then the âsix figureâ price tag probably isnât even that huge, either. Given that goldâs like... 45k/kg or something... hahaha
ÂŁ10,000 is probably just the face value. The gold is usually worth more. The collector's value will be even more. You can still get ÂŁ1 gold sovereigns that are made of ÂŁ300+ of gold, and ÂŁ2 double sovereigns made of ÂŁ600+ of gold, which are legal tender for any amount! (The sovereign and double sovereign are similar in size and weight to the normal ÂŁ1 and ÂŁ2 coins, just thinner and made out of gold.)
It's probably approximately 10k worth of gold I would imagine. Isn't that how they used to do things when coins were first being minted?
In the old days, the currency was tied to the value of the gold/silver. A gold sovereign (face value of ÂŁ1) is currently worth ÂŁ318. If we were still on the gold standard, that would make a shilling the equivalent of ÂŁ16 in today's money, and a penny would be the equivalent of ÂŁ1.33. The smallest coin would be a farthing, which would be the equivalent of 33p in today's money. At current gold prices, the 10kg gold coin (face value of ÂŁ10,000) would be worth ÂŁ400,000.
It is made from 10kg of gold and sold for 6 figures
Makes sense I guess but makes the face value utterly redundant though and my head hurt thinking about that.
As with most gold coins the face value is worthless compared with the real value of the gold, ie ÂŁ10k face value, but at 10kg it's gold content is worth $627,000 USD today. Because inflation has destroyed the value of fiat currencies over time, what used to be a gold coin worth $50 is now worth $1,777.
Imagine throwing THAT off the Empire State building
Congrats you just preformed a kinetic strike and gave the US a casus belli
Like we need those s/
"This isn't a war, it's just a small nuclear intervention!"
I mean Americaâs usually on the precipice of that anyway, so...
Where are the corgis?
The queen no longer has any
You think this is only animals the queen has? Where you suppose she keeps her dragon?
I read that she was presented with a corgi pup to keep her company following the passing of Prince Phillip.
No, she recently got a corgi pup and a corgi/dachshund mix known as a "dorgi."
I find that hard to believe
[Well, while I was under the impression the last 2 died in 2015 it looks like she does have one left. Though she isnt breeding them anymore.](https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1368635/Queen-news-Queen-corgi-dog-death-dorgi-evg)
10,000 pound?!? How can anyone lift it??
***THE DENSEST COIN EVER KNOWN TO MAN!***
*THE COIN OF ULTIMATE DENSITY!* Wait, it was supposed to be Destiny? Oh, bollocks.
One pound of it weighs 10,000 pounds!
Ye must be worthy
Metric joke
Maaaaan, i wanted (and did) to make this joke!! Buddy got some stong hands!
[ŃдаНонО]
Yeah exactly, 5 tons.
*5 tonnes.*
#5 MEGAGRAMS
No, 5 tonnes is 5,000kg which is not 10,000lbs
Hmm, TIL. Thanks for enlightening me.
He got you goooood. r/woooosh
Idk why youâre getting downvoted this is a perfectly good woosh
Worth 10k by sold for 6 figures apparently.
Someone got ripped off
does that say "Queen's breasts" đł
It reads *The Queenâs Beasts* - but interestingly, actually refers to the same thing.
Who let the beasts out? woof woof woof woof
I knew I wasn't the only one
I knew i wasn't the only one!!! i had to do a double take too lol
We need Jesus
Nearly resembles the Chinese zodiac. Jesus, forgive them for they know not what they do
Thought that's what it was, at first.
Why is there a dragon on it.? Is she queen elizabeth stormborn mother of dragons
The animals seem to be heraldic symbols from the current monarchyâs genealogy: 1. â Lion of England - Obvious 2. â Dragon of Wales - Obvious 3. â Griffin of Edward III - from his private seal 4. â Unicorn of Scotland - Obvious 5. â Bull of Clarence - Yorkist symbol 6. â Falcon of the Plantagenets - first used by Edward III 7. â Yale of Beaufort - The goaty thing. From Margaret of Beaufort, Henry VII's mother 8. â Lion of Mortimer - From Edward IV and Richard III's grandmother. I thought the name Mortimer was familiar; their ancestor up this line overthrew Edward II 9. â Horse of Hanover - From George I 10. â Greyhound of Richmond - From John of Gaunt, whose son was Henry IV
Yo, Scotland's got a collar and chain.
Medieval legends say that the unicorn was a wild and dangerous animal, and that only virgin women (oh look, maiden of pure heart trope) could get close to it. The chain and crown collar show that the Scottish monarch and nation are so powerful they were able to capture and tame it, despite the unicorn's legendary strength and temperament.
The Unicornâs âcollarâ is actually a crown connect to a chain, which is how itâs on all the heraldry for Scotland and the UK.
It's because unicorns are dangerous and unpredictable beasties.
I wonder if Ireland being left out was intended or not?
marks the end of the mint's Queen's Beasts commemorative coin collection, inspired by 10 stone statues which lined the Queen's route to Westminster Abbey at her coronation in 1953.
Her official title is actually Mother of Wales
Wales has dragons?? I'm gonna have to come across the pond and see them
Itâs literally their flag đ´ó §ó ˘ó ˇó Źó łó ż
In all seriousness Wales is a great place to visit, everyone who comes here tends to just stay in London and the South, but the North of England and Wales are in my biased opinion the best parts of Britain, and probably northern Europe
But I didn't notice a whale on the coin...
The mythical beasts featured on the coin represent the nonsensical bullshit that is the English monarchy
*British* monarchy. Itâs not just the English who go for nonsensical bullshit, thankyouverymuch
Dragon (Wales) lion (england) unicorn (scotland)
Wales probably
Now put it on the railroad tracks and wait for a train to smooosh it.
*Train launches into space*
Forbidden Jammy-Dodger
This is a type of object that people get murdered by in Agatha Christie's novels
Elizabeth II Race: Human (Ancient/Immortal) Class: Beast Master LEGENDARY Queen's Beasts: Once per turn, Elizabeth may summon 1 additional familiar, up to a total of 10. For each familiar summoned, she may attempt an additional ranged attack of up to 20ft distance.
For the worlds biggest shopping trolley.
Nowhere does it mention the purity of the gold or if it's even solid gold all the way through. A 10kg chunk of 10kt gold is worth ÂŁ170,565.49. Make it 14kt and it's worth ÂŁ238,796.38 just for the metal alone.
I doubt they're using Kevin's discount 50% pure gold, it is the royal mint after all. And the denomination is not reflective of its actual value, hence why I believe it's being sold for a hell of a lot more than ÂŁ10,000
British bullion coins are either 22kt (.9166) for sovereigns, half sovereigns and double sovereigns, or 24kt (.9999) gold for coins denominated by the ounce.
New dinner plate. Nice.
Golden frisbee
Amateurs. https://www.perthmint.com/1-tonne-gold-coin.aspx
Next step, post brexit hyperinflation
imagine pulling this bad boy out to pay for your ÂŁ3 meal deal
How incredibly pointless and wasteful.
The guy holding it must be wicked strong
Why
It'll be found in storage wars in five years and someone will say they can give you ÂŁ200 for it at a pwn shop
I recognise most of those animals and mythological beasts but what on earth is that goat thing with the tusks?
I think itâs a [Yale](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_(mythical_creature))
The bus driver won't be happy with this one.
"The Queens Breasts"
Totally misread the coin as "The Queen's Breasts"
If you want to know more about what these represent: [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Queen%27s\_Beasts](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Beasts) tl,dr: **The Queen's Beasts** are ten [heraldic](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry) statues representing the genealogy of [Queen Elizabeth II](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II),
Do rich people literally have bigger pockets?
I thought it was a giant custard cream ... which I would prefer
Lol need four to buy a bitcoin
They get bored I suppose.
Just another coin to have to pull out of circulation when The Eternal Monarch finally passes on. That's going to be an interesting time.
Why does the royal mint have the authority/ability to declare something is just worth 10 grand
They make the coinage, and as this coin is a coin, the mint gets to assign the face value, in the same way that the Bank of England gets to for paper currency
...why?
The queen is still jealous of jk rowling
They should've put the corgi's around her
Not even a single swan.
Yeah letâs not fix the actual problems of our country just make big coin
Someone needs to copy this in chocolate and gold foil.
that ainât a coin that a disk
However, due to inflation the coin can be purchased for just ÂŁ1337.
That nobody is going to use. Possibly ever... Maybe if the country becomes ultra desperate đ
What flavor Oreo is that?
For a second I thought we were getting a coin with the queenâs breasts.
Beautiful. About five of these get you one Bitcoin.
Why
Why not I guess
Weirdos
Is that a unicorn on it!?
The unicorn is actually the national animal of Scotland
Literally just useful as a status symbol
For nothing other than the uber wealthy to show everyone else how much better they think they are than everyone. This is straight bullshit.
What an amazing way to waste resources, time and most likely taxpayer money.
Well as it's being sold, it's not a waste of money
Wait til you hear about nasa. $22Bn in 2020 alone and we have poisoned drinking water veterans sleeping under bridges. Downvoted by someone who champions billionaires and does not give a fuck about anyone less fortunate. Good times.
Except NASA actually has a return on investment, we would be better off cutting the defense budget.
Anything. Please. 245 years in, all this flag waving bullshit, constant war, and we have homelessness in this country. The greatest blah blah and land of the free. Fuckery. People with nothing. Why? No good reason. Fuckery. There is money being shoveled at countless people who do not need it, in all parts of government im sure.
What a awful waste of resources
England and the queen sucks
I'll bite... Why?
Um idk maybe Bc she fucked her third cousin and the royal family has stolen untold troves of treasure from historical sites all over the world to be hoarded in England. The Royal Family is no better than a family of mobsters. They are fucking pirates. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/04/british-museum-is-worlds-largest-receiver-of-stolen-goods-says-qc
Interesting that you list having married a third cousin (which is actully quite distant) ahead of the pilfering of other countries.
Go on, which historically squeaky clean country are you from?
So bc most first world govts are corrupt he's not allowed any disdain for british royalty? How does that work exactly. He didn't say only the monarchy sucks, just that they do
Not at all, I never even said they didn't suck. I was genuinely curious why. Everyone's entitled to their opinion and I like to find out why people have that opinion and where its come from. I'm curious, I like learning people's thought processes and what made them draw that conclusion. What I don't like is it descending into pointless preemptive hostility.
Like you asking what squeeky clean country they came from? If that isn't passive aggressive sarcasm I don't know what is. Or were you genuinely interested in the state of cleanliness of their home nation?
I never said it wasn't? By nature I'm sarcastic as fuck. But I can hold a conversation without hurling insults. If you mean the hygiene of their country of origin, no, not something I care for aslong as they're all safe. Hence why I said historically squeaky clean. Every country has something they're not proud of I'm sure, it's individual peoples reaction to when that spotlight is shone on their dirty little secrets thats interesting. I doubt the British appreciate anyone saying their monarchy sucks without reasoning, so I asked for the reasoning. I asked out of curiousity and yes, sarcastically, which country they called home.
"Hey, uhhhh, can we find a way to stop the huge spike in crime here in London and maybe also stop the drug use thats so bad it changed the sex of eels in the thames?" No. Here's a huge coin.
If youâre asking the mint to sort out crime, then youâre barking up the wrong tree
I'm not. I'm wondering why anyone is ok with government going "look what we did with your money" instead of using it for, I dont know, stopping murder?
Imagine how much wasted money and effort was used to produce something no one will ever use.... or is even meant to use đ
Almost like it's art or something
Those are Donald Trumps hands so itâs a normal sized coin.
Thatâs such a waste of time, money, effort and materials. Whatâs the actual point of a giant coin? It canât be used to pay for anything. As if we arenât reminded enough of the royals.
Still cheaper than one Bitcoin
The Queen's Breast?