Top 12 Fun Facts about Alliance Coin & Banknote

1. Most noteworthy customer – the tallest woman in the world! (Sandy Allen)
2. Most remote mail-order sale – the volcanic Island of Reunion (east of Madagascar)
3. Largest collection purchased – a tie:
   The Bonavita Trade-Dollar inventory: 55,000 Tokens, 1 Ton
   The Fesco World Collection – 40,000 coins, 1 Ton, 1 Transport Truck with security escort
4. Amount of Silver bullion handled since opening in Almonte: 10.5 Tons
5. The celebrated Canadian actress and director Megan Follows once filmed a Hallmark Christmas scene at our back door (and took her lunch break in our lounge!)
6. Our antique display cabinets were used for a pivotal scene in “The House Sitter” movie, with Tori Spelling
7. Most valuable coin handled – an 1859 Brass One Cent: $45,000 (a world-record for a Canadian Large Cent!)
8. Heaviest coin handled – the incredible 2014 “Haida Gwaii” $500 issue: 11 pounds of Pure Silver!
9. Average number of collections we examine each year (big and small) – 300
10. Most memorable appraisal engagements: Nobel Prize Medals for both Physics & Chemistry
11. Number of Pennies we have donated to the Almonte General Hospital – 620,000
12. Number of Kilometers driven since Sean became a coin dealer – 1 Million+ and counting!

Image of Reunion courtesy of worldwidewendy.be.

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