The Bode Museum. Photo: DPAThieves stole a gold coin with a face value of almost €1 million and weighing 100 kilograms from Berlin's Bode Museum on Monday. The coin, 53 cm across and three cm thick, features the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Bode Museum gave the face value of the coin at €920,000, though the market price of 100 kg of gold is around €3.7 million. The Bode Museum, located on the German capital's UNESCO-listed Museum Island, houses one of the world's biggest coin collections.

Source: The Local March 27, 2017 12:45 UTC