Big Nickel (Q4906071)

  • matcher place: Sudbury District (relation 7569287), Sudbury (relation 13096915)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1964 establishments in Ontario, 1964 sculptures, Buildings and structures in Greater Sudbury, Coins of Canada, Culture of Greater Sudbury, Monuments and memorials in Ontario, Novelty buildings in Canada, Roadside attractions in Canada, Tourist attractions in Greater Sudbury
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Big Nickel is a nine-metre (30 ft) replica of a 1951 Canadian nickel, located at the grounds of the Dynamic Earth science museum in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, and is the world's largest depiction of a coin. The twelve-sided nickel is located on a small hill overlooking the intersection of Municipal Road 55 and Big Nickel Drive at the westernmost end of the Gatchell neighbourhood.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Le Gros cinq sous (aussi appelé Gros cinq cents, et surnommé Gros Nickel ou Big Nickel d'après son nom anglais) est une réplique surdimensionnée d'une pièce de 5 ¢ canadienne. Devenue emblématique de Sudbury, en Ontario, cette pièce a été conçue à l'instigation de l'homme d'affaires Ted Szilva (en) pour le Parc numismatique du centenaire canadien. Inauguré en 1964, le Gros cinq sous est une reproduction d'une pièce de 1951 qui commémore le bicentenaire de l'isolation du nickel, un minerai très présent à Sudbury.

Wikidata location: 46.4734, -81.0339 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: The Big Nickel (OSM), 20 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: The Big Nickel
tourism: attraction
wikidata: Q4906071

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1964 sculptures historic=monument, tourism, memorial=statue, memorial:type=statue, historic=memorial
Monuments and memorials in Ontario tourism, memorial=statue, historic=monument, memorial:type=statue, historic=memorial
Tourist attractions in Greater Sudbury tourism=museum, tourism=attraction