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Giant gold coin unveiled to celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee

STORY: Britain unveiled its biggest ever coin to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

with Queen Elizabeth on one side and her royal cypher on the other

Commissioned by a private collector, it's worth over $18,000

and weighs in at over 33 pounds

It is made of fine gold and took 400 hours to craft

The Platinum Jubilee marks Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne

which Britain will celebrate with four days of nationwide events