Here is the description from the English side of the card that came with it. These are from the Chinese mint in Taiwan
The Central mint vacuum-cast the worlds heaviest gold ingot weighing 220.3kg to be the main attraction and crowning achievement of its new gold museum in Rui-Fang Township, Taipei County. The Central Mint has minted these medals especially to memorialize this auspicious event.
Obverse: Features an engraving of of the endangered Formosan Black Bear (Selenarctos formosanus), whose Chinese name, by virtue of being homonymous with the word for "hero", symbolizes the quality of being "outstanding" or "a cut above". The Central Mint used advanced high-relief minting technology for the first time in the minting of this medal, and is proud to have created a piece worthy of being cherished.
Reverse: Features an image of the world-record gold ingot with fineness and weight on it, and is engraved with the date upon which the new world record was officially registered by Guinness.
Diameter: 70mm
Material: Gold plated copper
Weight 200g
Mintage: 3000
Price NT$ 2,280
This is a huge medal. I will try to take a picture of it and post in the forums. Oh.. I got 2 greedy, I know..
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