German police on Tuesday ventured up their scan Tuesday for cheats who, in a challenging theft, snatched a 100-kg gold coin worth around 3.8 million euros (4.14 million dollars) from one of Berlin's top galleries.
Police trust the criminals raised a stepping stool on a rail line circumscribing the Bode Museum in the early hours of Monday morning before scaling a divider to break into the building.
The Bode Museum is a piece of Berlin's notable historical center island and lies in the heart of the German capital.
The hoodlums broke into a defensively covered glass show bureau containing the coin, which has a face estimation of one million Canadian dollars and was issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007.
Specialists said however that the present gold value implies that the market estimation of the coin, which is just a single of five on the planet, could be as high as 3.74 million euros.
Police have issued a call for witnesses, saying the cheats abandoned the stepping stool before clearly making their escape along the rail tracks at some point between 2 a.m. also, 4 a.m. (0000 and 0200 GMT Monday)
Examiners are as yet indistinct how the hoodlums transported the monstrous coin, known as "Large Maple Leaf" after the nation's national image.
It is likewise one of the world's biggest gold coins.
It has been a piece of the Bode Museum's profitable mint piece gathering since 2010.
The coin has a breadth of 53 centimeters and is three centimeters thick.
It includes a picture of Queen Elizabeth II on the front and three maple leaves on the back.