6.35mm THICK COIN
Viinamarisaar (Grape
Island) is a fantasy island located in the Baltic Sea. It has a population
of just 73. Its main product is its famed "Ice Wine", made from
grapes that are picked and crushed while frozen. In 2012 Viinamarisaar
produced this coin of unusual denomination. The 4.90 Euro coin is a
6.35mm thick, 36 gram copper coin. This unusual thick
coin corresponds to the pay a worker gets for picking 7 trays of grapes, which
typically takes about two hours. It has a mintage of just 250 pieces.
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