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Russian mining company mints special Trump coins

by India Blooms News Service 20 Jan 2017, 08:36 am

Moscow, Jan 20 (IBNS): Extending their warmth towards President-elect Donald Trump, who is due to take oath as the 45th President of the USA on Friday, a Russian mining company has minted special coins with his face on it to usher in the Trump era, media reports said.

"The inauguration of Donald Trump will be a special event in the history of the world; that's why we have done a collection," CNN quoted Kristina Glinina, sales manager of Art Grani, the mining company, as saying.

The coin comprises of Trump's face on one side and the Statue of Liberty on the other, with a message: "In Trump we trust".

The commemorative piece costs a whooping $10,000 USD

The company has minted only 45 such pieces, 25 silver, five gold and 15 gold and silver.

"The inauguration of Donald Trump will be a special event in the history of the world; that's why we have done a collection," Glinina added.

The coins weighs about a 1000 grams each and measures 120 milimetres in diameter.