The largest collection of airline boarding passes belongs to K. Ullas Kamath (India) and consists of 3,030 passes as verified in Bangalore, India, on 15 August, 2014. Mr. Kamath’s collection has been steadily growing for the past 15 years. His collection comprises 35 different airlines, with his favourite being Jet Airways of India (with a total of 1,896 flights). His favourite seat is 2A, a business class window seat, of which he happens to have tickets for 1,034 flights. Over the 15 year period, he
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The largest collection of Coca-ColaTM memorabilia belongs to Rebecca Flores (USA), with 945 different items as of 15 December 2008, which she has been collecting since 2005. The 15 year old’s collection started in December 2005, and the first object in her collection was a 80z bottle. Her collection is displayed in the dining room of her house which she painted red and white to match the Coca-Cola theme. Her favourite items include two original vending machines.
The largest collection box was produced as part of the Dubai Shopping Festival 2005, has a total volume of 13 m³ (459 ft³) and measured 6.87 m (22 ft 6 in) high and 3.60 m (11 ft 9in) wide in Creek Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 10 February 2005. The collection box is a scaled up version of an original, in the shape of the Dubai Shopping Festival logo.
The record for the largest collage of cut out handprints is 30,006 and was achieved by the Scout Association at Baden-Powell House, London, UK, on 23 October 2007.
The largest coin mosaic measures 79.03 m² (850.59 ft²) achieved by Sandvik Coromant (Sweden) in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 10 September 2014.
The largest gold coin weighs 1,012 kg (2,231 lb 1.24 oz), measures 80 cm (2 ft 7.49 in) in diameter, 13 cm (5.12 in) in thickness and is made from bullion with a purity of 99.99 per cent. The legal-tender coin was introduced on 9 February 2012 by the Perth Mint (Australia), with a face value of AUS$1 million (US$992,849.80; £623,930.51). The coin, called the “1 Tonne Australian Kangaroo” features a Kangaroo and was created to promote Australia’s official Kangaroo Gold Bullion Coin series.
The largest coffee party in a single venue involved 8,162 participants and was set by Krüger GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) at the Jugendpark in Cologne, Germany, on 30 August 2009 All grown up participants were given a wristband and a ice coffee drink in a bottle at the entrance. By counting the number of remaining wristbands in the end and deducting people that didnt take the free coffee drink the final number of participants was established.
The largest coffee mosaic consisted of 5,642 cups of coffee in different shades and depicted the face of Elvis Presley. It was created by DFS Hawaii at the DFS Galleria Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on 10 August 2012. The image measured 4.9 m x 7.6 m (16 ft x 25 ft).
The largest pyramid of coffee cups consisted of 22,140 cups and was constructed by Melanie Lütkefent, Vanessa Höft, Miriam Plümer, Arman Schlieker and Damian Krey (all Germany) in association with the company Aral AG at the Du Mont Carre, Cologne, Germany, on 8 October 2010. The pyramid had a base of 40 x 40 coffee cups. It stood 4.16 m (13 ft 7 in) tall and took 8 hours to construct.
The record for the largest coconut ensemble was 5,877 people who played their coconuts to the tune of Monty Python’s Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. The event was organised by the west end production of ‘Spamalot’ to celebrate St. Georges Day at Trafalgar Square, London, UK on 23 April 2007. Craig Glenday adjudicated. Great pictures of the event with picture desk.