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Pillar of the Community
Canada
798 Posts |
Does anyone here have any Ground Zero maples? I'm surprised these coins do not have a higher premium attached to them. Really, this event was the single most memorable event in my lifetime. It was responsible (whether directly or indirectly) for two decades of war in the Middle East, instability and demographic upheaval in all of Europe, the rise of the Truther movement, and such a dramatic loss of life (across the globe really). These coins were pulled from the rubble of that terrible event. Out from the twisted steel, concrete, asbestos and debris. They are truly one-of-a-kind reminders of what may be the most memorable tragedy of our time.  Edited by JGG
06/05/2019 4:47 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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As a patriotic American I wouldn't want a reminder of one of the worst days in US history and certainly the worst day in my lifetime. My opinion only.
Edited by beachnut
06/05/2019 6:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Beachnut, I think a lot of people feel this way. I have heard them referred to as 'blood coins' before.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1695 Posts |
I am surprised coins are marketed in that way.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2408 Posts |
I didn't know they existed. Looking on ebay I saw there is a lot of these 9-11 PCGS slabs on sale. Most have no certificate number, no item ID... Sloppy "Gem uncirculated" grading. Easily faked IMO. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can't say what I'd like say about the marketing of this coin...without being edited or kick off this site...just wrong is all I'll say
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just another example of greed driven hype.
Nothing is sacred.
You can even buy a piece of concrete and a piece of twisted steel from ground zero. Hey, if you're lucky, you may get one with some blood on it!
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New Member
Canada
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Sadly this is exactly what those who staged this event long before it happened would want "us" to do with such findings.
Although there is clearly a market for this, just as joecoin has stated it is an example of "greed driven hype".
The people and organizations who sanctioned this, would actually be loving the idea of this "blood profit".
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Can't ignore the obvious-
This coin was likely on or in the desk of a victim who probably worked for one of the financial firms located in those towers.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The coins were not found on some victim's desk. They were discovered in the under ground vaults of the WTC. Apparently the coins belonged to the Bank of Nova Scotia who stored them in safety deposit boxes in the vaults. http://goccf.com/t/16369&whichpage=2 |
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Canada
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So, a very brief breakdown in bullet form: (Thank you MoneyPenney for the link) Lee Minshull bought around $560,000 worth of coins from The Bank of Nova Scotia. BNS donated the full $562,000 to 9/11 charities. These coins were located inside one of the World Trade Center bullion vaults. This amounted to about 100,000 coins, according to the article. The 100,000 coins were submitted to PCGS, along with verified info surrounding the origin of the coins. PCGS slabbed, pedigreed and labelled the coins. Lee Minshull resold the coins for $3,000,000 and donated all the money to the World Trade Center Memorial Fund. Named ANA dealer of the year in 2014 to recognize his commitment to charity. Edited by JGG
06/07/2019 03:32 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As I understand it:
The coins were not in or below either of the twin towers.The labels don't indicate that they were, they identify them as coming from "Ground Zero". They came out of Tower 7 or was it Tower 4?.
Perhaps there were coins in both buildings that have been encapsulated and sold as recovery coins?
The Bank of Nova Scotia and Lee Minshull both donated proceeds of the sale of the coins to the victims fund. This is laudable and certainly changes my opinion.
I can understand owning something like this if I had been there that day or had lost someone that day.
I'm not so understanding of someone who wants to own something like this just for the morbid curiosity of it. But whatever floats your boat I guess.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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BNS vault was in the Twin Towers. They removed $317,000,000 worth of gold and precious metals from the vault using a convoy of armoured cars: https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.the...cle20934461/Within 60 days of the attacks, the BNS had already recovered all of their precious metals from Ground Zero. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Even not need to go to extremes.
The circulation coins, banknotes from a site, watches (this is more problematic) could be sold on the actions as artifacts witnesses of the tragedy.
And some people would buy.
The items from Titanic for example...
Or few years ago some mint (I think RM) minted bullion coins from a silver found on a sunk ship and distributed them.
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