New Guinness record shakes up Big Nickel birthday bash

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

Sudbury citizens struck gold and coal in attempting two world records.

While people enjoyed the sights and sounds of the Big Nickel’s 50th birthday party at Dynamic Earth on July 22, there was a small army of volunteers attempting to use the occasion to get into the famed Guinness Book of World Records.

The two endeavours could not be more different — even though both involved, fittingly, the use of coins. While one group attempted to build the world’s largest mosaic (of the Big Nickel itself) out of Canadian coins, others were attempting to beat the world record for coin stacking.