This Whisky Coin Contains a Drop of the Oldest Whisky Ever

Have you always yearned to own the world's oldest whisky? Now you can, and all you need to do is purchase a whisky coin. There's a special gold coin available from Lux Coin, which incorporates the whisky within it.

The coin is released by Lux Coin in collaboration with the Perth Mint in Australia and is part of the Spirit Coins series. In this series, a Harewood Rum from 1780 coin and a Cognac Gautier 1762 coin have previously been released. Now, the third coin, the whisky coin, has been added, showcasing a drop of incredibly exclusive whisky: Old Vatted Glenlivet 1862. In this case, it's a 2018 Tuvalu coin made of 999.9 percent pure gold. Queen Elizabeth's portrait is depicted on one side, and on the other, a special print illustrates the whisky-making process.

A new coin featuring the print of Queen Elizabeth is naturally special today, but what's even more extraordinary is the content of this 2 ounce coin. The drop of Old Vatted Glenlivet 1862 inside the coin is indeed the oldest ever! This more than a century-old drop of The Glenlivet brands the whisky coin as an instant collector's item for whisky enthusiasts, but it also makes it quite a pricey purchase. There are only 300 examples of this coin in existence. The price: 7,900 euros.

If you purchase this coin for this amount, you receive it in a beautiful wooden box, complete with a certificate of authenticity. Below is the coin in all its glory:

The whisky coin is not the only special product in which Old Vatted Glenlivet 1862 is used. A while ago, watchmaker Louis Moinet, in collaboration with Wealth Solution, released a watch containing a drop of the whisky. Only 50 of these watches were released worldwide in two editions: a gold one costing $45,000 and a silver one costing around $17,000.

Buying a bottle of Old Vatted Glenlivet 1862 separately is quite a challenge. If you can get your hands on a bottle of this The Glenlivet, it will be at an auction. And in that case, you will often have to dig deep into your pockets.