A precious gold coin that is in the Guinness Book of Records for its unsurpassed purity was stolen early Monday from a museum in Germany. The coin, which weighs more than 200 pounds was taken from a Museum in Berlin after 2 a.m. German media reports put the current value of the gold coin at 3.7 million Euros, or slightly more than $4 million. The coin was issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007, ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s state visit to Germany. It has a purity of 999.99 karat gold.
