Just 11 mm in diameter, weighing 0.5 grams and among 12,000 of the little blighters released today, the €20 Gold Proof coin is one of the smallest in the world and its design – a monk working on The Book of Kells – is by artist Thomas Ryan.
It also costs €45.
Cough.
2012 €20 Gold Proof Coin – Irish Monastic Art (Central Bank)
(Pics: Jason Clarke)
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