Vancouver World's Fair gold coin
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36-inch-diameter, 3/4-inch-thick 14-karat gold display coin Tom welded together from cast bars without distortion. ~$4–5M of gold, recovered after the fair.
We did make a 36-inch diameter, 3/4-inch-thick gold coin when I was working there in the 80s for the Vancouver World's Fair. We cast 3/4-inch-thick, 6-inch-wide 14-karat gold bars, and then I had to weld them together without distortion to make a 36-inch diameter coin. They had this coin on display — like $4 or $5 million worth of gold. Of course they recovered it afterwards; it was just for display.