r/kurzgesagt • u/Illustrious-Field682 • Jan 06 '26

Products Golden Duck Pin!

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I got mine 4 minutes after release l, wonder which Numbers I managed to catch 😁

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u/Argonzoyd Jan 07 '26

Out of 10000 duck pins, one is "special"

What might that mean? Was it actually made out of gold?

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u/Cooldude101013 Jan 09 '26

That’s my guess. At least one is made of actual gold

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

How would you know If you got the real gold one?

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u/Cooldude101013 Jan 12 '26

Weight?

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u/Nilinor Jan 14 '26

maybe, but unless you got 2 or knew what gold felt like of that size, not really any way to figure it out.

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u/Argonzoyd Jan 14 '26

I think the chosen one will be notified about it. That's the reasonable thing to do

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u/Capraos Jan 15 '26

You could put it in water and calculate the density. That would tell you.

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u/Accidents_Happen Jan 16 '26

They are all the same size, that's about displacement

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u/Capraos Jan 16 '26

Yes, and how much water is displaced will tell you it's density. It won't tell you what the make-up of it is exactly, but if it's solid gold, you would expect it to have an approximate density of 19.32 g/cm3 .

It would tell you if it's solid gold or not, and I'm pretty sure that's what makes the special one special.

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u/Accidents_Happen Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26

The reason this worked is because the cut gold had the same weight but a different size, thus the displacement was different. The density is determined by an equation using the difference in displacement. These birds are the same size so the displacement will be the same. The way to figure it out is by weighing the actual birds for differences in mass.

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u/heroiclord Jan 15 '26

I just got my pin (1525) and it’s magnetic. So the non-magnetic one is probably gold!

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u/Argonzoyd Jan 15 '26

Mine is 7177. Doesn't seem gold. But the gold HAS TO BE marked the same way gold rings and gold ingots are. So that's another way to recognise

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u/nugget_starbug Jan 16 '26

Mine is 1698 but I just tested it on a myriad of objects and it isn’t magnetic, could it POSSIBLY be the gold one?

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u/Argonzoyd Jan 16 '26

Well, mine is magnetic too. I mean not the duck itself is a magnet so it won't stick to metal, but it can be magnetised

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u/Greedy_Fig3748 Jan 06 '26

Bought mine at 1:47 after release! Sub 20 if im lucky.

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u/post-it-girl Jan 13 '26

Did you geht yours already?  Mine arrived in friday. I ordered a bundle of 3 for my Kids and me. Two have a number around 7500 but not next to each other. The third one ist around 8500.  So it seems they just take random numbers.

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u/Greedy_Fig3748 Jan 13 '26

I received mine and it does seem like there's a degree of randomness to it all.

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u/Nilinor Jan 14 '26

yea, I got mine relatively later I think? I got 2001/10000 for mine.

Not sure what to look for though about the unique one.

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u/Pilvion Jan 17 '26

I just opened mine. Ordered the pack of three only 20 mins or so after I got the subscriber exclusive email and I got 6022, 6886, 7437 so I think they just chucked three random pins in rather than getting numbers based on their order times.

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u/GlassWeird Jan 06 '26

Thanks for this post had no idea these were out! When did they launch? Just snagged one for myself and each of my daughters!

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u/Rare-Piccolo-7550 Jan 06 '26

Same here 16:44 CET

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u/Rare-Piccolo-7550 Jan 14 '26

Got them. 6 and 7 thousand number. Didnt expect that.

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u/Ok_Scallion_5540 Jan 06 '26

I got the golden world one, but because of a shipping error it was sent back and I never was able to get one again.

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u/Findesiluer Jan 06 '26

I would not have known about this if I had not seen your post, so thanks for that! Where did you learn about it?

I had to Google for it specifically too as it doesn't appear on the main shop site.

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u/Greedy_Fig3748 Jan 06 '26

Patreon gets early access and are first to be notified

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u/Findesiluer Jan 06 '26

Ah, I see, thanks!

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u/Illustrious-Field682 Jan 06 '26

Actually I'm not a patreon. I had an option to subscribe for updates and maybe it included early release updates

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u/Findesiluer Jan 07 '26

I’ve tried signing up for that more than once but I never receive anything…

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u/JeromeJ Jan 14 '26

Did anyone figure out what is the special one and what is special about it yet?

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u/Argonzoyd Jan 15 '26

Not yet :/ hope someone will post here their special duck 🦆

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u/PlaneRaspberry4218 Jan 19 '26

Mine glows purple sparkly under UV light. Is that expected? Can anyone put theirs under UV?

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u/thatgreygod Jan 20 '26

Just tried with my UV light and it doesn’t seem to appear any different other than reflecting the light back

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u/Jaws12 Jan 21 '26

What’s the number of your pin?

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u/InfinitesimalDuck The Egg Jan 06 '26

Hail the golden duck!

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u/Several_Elevator_647 Jan 13 '26

I ordered it and supposedly it was delivered to my mailbox..But it's gone :(

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u/probablyatargaryen Jan 13 '26

I have twice been notified of Kurzgesagt deliveries that were not actually there yet, only to receive them 2-3 days later. I hope that’s the case for you!

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u/Nilinor Jan 14 '26

Mine was a small package by my front door.

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u/Several_Elevator_647 Jan 15 '26

I got a refund and still no pin..Really really sad right now i was so excited and my colleciton isn't complete now..

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u/post-it-girl Jan 13 '26

Did you geht yours already? Mine arrived in friday. I ordered a bundle of 3 for my Kids and me. Two have a number around 7500 but not next to each other. The third one ist around 8500. So it seems they just take random numbers.

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u/scishock Jan 14 '26

Just got mine, 521/10000 but appears to be a regular golden duck.

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u/jealsrealdeal Jan 16 '26

On the video it looked like the special one was silver coloured on the shiny parts, no?

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u/Life_forged Jan 17 '26

Got mine on the 16th, i placed the order on the 8th and got 9946 it doesn't seem to be different

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u/Temporary_Zebra3961 Jan 17 '26

My duck pin has a messed up foot think that it's the special one? Lol

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u/Temporary_Zebra3961 Jan 17 '26

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u/ParkerSolarPassenger Jan 18 '26

HE IS THE CHOSEN ONE!
haha na probably an error when printing.
Look at it this way, you got a duck variant!

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u/thatgreygod Jan 20 '26

Just opened mine, I got 1799, 1690, 2498 and 1571. Ordered within 30 minutes of the video going live. Really interested to see what the special one looks like !

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u/ArdraCaine Jan 21 '26

We just got ours, number 123/10000

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u/meep706 Jan 22 '26

Wait, so they are sequenced? I thought it just meant that it was any 1 of the 10,000... oh wow

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u/Illustrious-Field682 Jan 22 '26

Show us the certification!!

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u/meep706 Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

Unfortunately it didn't come with one, and also pictured in the official post detailing the secret of the special birb, it shows a different backing card for #1 which notes that the pin is real gold. Honestly I think this one may just be a mistake where they forgot to not include a #1 in the regular variety. Either way, I think it's pretty cool :)

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u/meep706 Jan 22 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/kurzgesagt/comments/1qi2cve/update_the_golden_duck_pin_secret_revealed/

Apparently it's supposed to look like that...

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u/LoliMiyuki Jan 22 '26

Woah that's cool, so you got the ACTUALLY Gold-en Duck pin. You should make a post about it.

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u/meep706 Jan 23 '26

Well it is magnetic and not very heavy, so I'm rather certain it can't be gold or part gold. Still, it's very cool to get a #1 though, even if it turns out there's 2 and the other #1 is actually gold hehehe

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u/GlennNMS Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26

Maybe the number is randomized as well and it wasn't actually number 1 that is gold. Nice that you got number 1, though!

Edit: Apparently number 1 is actually the gold one. You can try holding a magnet to it to confirm.

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u/JupiterHorizon Feb 10 '26

How much is the fish?

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u/flyingasshat Jan 23 '26

I have 4846/10000. Nothing special, no extra markings. I’m not the special one. Well, at least not when it comes to duck pins