Gold coin worth $4m stolen from museum

BERLIN - A Canadian gold coin named "Big Maple Leaf" which bears the image of Queen Elizabeth II was stolen in the early hours of Monday morning from Berlin's Bode Museum.

The coin is made out of pure gold, weighs about 100 kilograms and has a face value of around $1 million.

"The coin was stolen last night, it's gone," museum spokesman Markus Farr said.