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Albert Einstein’s funny face is on the world’s smallest gold coin

In Switzerland, the state-owned Swissmint says today that a 2.96-millimeter (0.12-inches) gold coin created with Albert Einstein's face on it is the smallest in the world.

The coin, shown above, weighs 0.063 grams (1/500th of an ounce) and has a nominal value of 1/4 Swiss francs ($0.26).

From the Associated Press:

Swissmint said the coin, of ...

Canada-shaped coin issued by Royal Canadian Mint

Illustrator Alisha Giroux was drawing the map of Canada "for fun," when she noticed that its shape aligned with the shape with animals.

CBC News:

She turned Quebec into a snowy owl taking flight, and Ontario into a loon with its wings folded. British Columbia, meanwhile, became a spirit bear.

Giroux decided to design a two-colour ...

Western Union, often disrupted by startups, partners with a startup for digital push in the Philippines

Global money mover Western Union is commonly a target for fintech companies, but the firm is teaming up with a startup to help increase its presence in the world’s third-most lucrative remittance market: the Philippines. Coins, the Manila-based fintech startup that was recently acquired by $10 billion ride-hailing company Go-Jek, said today that it will ...

Man stole a massive rare coin collection and dropped much of it into a Coinstar machine

A Palm Beach, Florida gentleman robbed his "friend" of a rare coin collection and dropped much of it into a Coinstar machine for just the face value in bills. According to the Palm Beach Post, Shane Anthony Mele, 40, confessed to robbing Michael Johnson's office of many items totaling $350,000 in value, including around 100,000 ...

New US dollar coin honors Native Americans’ contributions to the space program

The latest addition to the US Mint's Native American $1 Coin series celebrates "American Indians in the Space Program." The heads-side of the coin still features Sacagawea. From Space.com:

The reverse features Mary Golda Ross, the first known Native American woman to become an engineer. Ross' work for Lockheed Martin helped advance the Agena ...

Go-Jek buys fintech startup Coins.ph for $72M ahead of Philippines expansion

Ride-hailing startup Go-Jek’s expansion into the Philippines ran into problems earlier this month over its ownership structure, but that isn’t deterring the Indonesian company from investing into the market. Today, Go-Jek announced that it has acquired local fintech company Coins.ph through “substantial investment” which gives it a majority stake in the business. The deal is officially ...

The Incredible State Of The Art cheats Technique Picked Up By My Super Cool Buddy

09.04.2012 · Posted in Other A&E Article

FarmVille has become one of the most desirable online games in a recent precious time. With Seventy five.2 million productive users and more than 18.1 million fans this activity is all about farming – Plough, Properly, Harvesting, curing livestock and purchasing variety of adornments for your display. With Facebook, the founding father of FarmVille, become ...

The Incredible State Of The Art cheats Technique Picked Up By My Super Cool Buddy

09.04.2012 · Posted in Other A&E Article

FarmVille has become one of the most desirable online games in a recent precious time. With Seventy five.2 million productive users and more than 18.1 million fans this activity is all about farming – Plough, Properly, Harvesting, curing livestock and purchasing variety of adornments for your display. With Facebook, the founding father of FarmVille, become ...