Police have released CCTV footage of a gang of thieves who stole a massive solid gold coin of Queen Elizabeth II worth £3million from a museum.

The theft, which happened in the early morning hours of March 27 in the Bode Museum in the German capital of Berlin, was one of the most spectacular in recent history.

Thieves managed to find a way into the museum, smashed a showcase, and took the coin with the image of Queen Elizabeth which weighs a whopping 15 stone (100 kilograms).

The footage shows how three men dressed in black walk into the suburban railway station of Hakescher Markt at 3am that morning.

It seems the thieves are clearly professionals going by the way they scan the historic railway station for cameras and hide their faces.

They left behind an axe, ladder and a wheelbarrow which were all bought in a DIY store.

Besides hoping for witnesses who might have seen the men that night, the police also asked if people might have been offered unusually large quantities of gold 'in unusual forms' forsale.

The police fear that the perpetrators will melt the solid golden coin to sell it in another form.

The public prosecutor's office has promised a €5,000 (£4,420) reward for tips leading to the arrest of the perpetrators.

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Police release CCTV of masked thieves who nabbed FIFTEEN STONE gold coin with the face ofQueen Elizabeth II worth £3million from a Berlin museum (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4675240/Police-release-CCTV-thieves-nabbed-gold-coin.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
GIANT GOLD MAPLE LEAF COIN STOLEN (http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n14a11.html)