It’s official! The Philippines is now the holder of the Guinness World Record for the largest coin mosaic.
Western Union successfully created the World’s Largest Coin Mosaic at the Elements at Centris on Wednesday, September 30 2015,. Guinness World Records judge Jack Brockbank validated the coin mosaic and confirmed it as the world’s largest coin mosaic measuring 252.78 square meters.
The mosaic was formed with P10, P5, P1, 25-centavo and 10-centavo coins. It forms the image of the company’s 25th anniversary logo with the image of rising sun to represent hope and brighter future while the abstract of a dive symbolizes the company’s ambition for the young children who will benefit from this project.
The total value of the coin mosaic is part of the P3.5 million, which will be part of that the Western Union’s Technology Aiding the Nation’s Youth to Accelerate Growth program or Tanyag.
The company tapped the Knowledge Channel Foundation in providing both the hardware and content of the multimedia libraries of 32″ LED television with a set of speakers, and laptop preloaded with Knowledge Channel’s educational videos.
The recipients of the multimedia libraries will be 25 public schools, with five in Metro Manila, ten in Luzon, six in Visayas and four in Mindanao.
Meanwhile, Western Union has over 500,000 agent locations in over countries and territories.
