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joecoin Pillar of the Community United States 789 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 10:47 am Quote: ...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/ Now I'm confused. The article you linked says the vault was in Building 4, which was not one of the two towers that were the targets. Report this Post to the Staff
JGG Pillar of the Community Canada 798 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 11:03 am Hi Joe, you are right. I re-read the article and the vaults appear to have been in building 4. Interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
kena Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1682 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 12:47 pm The Royal Mint made some 50 pence Britannia coins with recovered silver from the SS Gairsoppa which was sunk during WWII. Coins were issued in 2013 and 2014 as far as I know. https://agaunews.com/gairsoppa-brit...deluxe-pack/ Ken Report this Post to the Staff
wilsonwu89 Pillar of the Community Canada 706 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 2:24 pm Off topic, but does anyone remember the Helmet shaped coin that was released last year or so. I remember watching The Coin Show with Steven Bromberg. And the host and Steven were drooling over the Helmet coin and proclaiming how "cool" and "amazing" the bullet hole on the coin was and just general lollygagging over the coin. I just couldn't help but feel "My god, these 2 are so far removed from life of war and terror." I get they're trying to sell a product, but when I see a coin with a bullet mark on it, I think it's sad and sombre and a reflection of how terrible war is. I feel commemorative coins with a focus on remembrance are fine, but a coin sprayed with bullets is a cheap gimmick to sell a coin, and using the terror soldiers went through to sell a coin. I'd like to see those two hosts go to a war veteran or their children and talk about how cool that coin is. I changed the channel...:/ I feel the same way about these SMLs Edited by wilsonwu89 06/08/2019 2:26 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Electrum Pillar of the Community Canada 634 Posts	Posted 06/09/2019 12:45 am I fully agree - commemorating war vets in any format (including coins) should be done with utmost dignity and respect - always!! Report this Post to the Staff
jimbucks Pillar of the Community United States 4692 Posts	Posted 06/09/2019 01:02 am These items drip of bad karma. Not for me. Report this Post to the Staff
JGG Pillar of the Community Canada 798 Posts	Posted 06/09/2019 10:08 am Not to play devil's advocate, but I would suggest that the majority of the gold and silver sourced prior to 1800, and perhaps even up to today, was done unethically. Inca, Aztec, Mayan, Byzantine, Roman, Vatican, Viking, European 'heresies' and barbarians, East India, Manchuria, Congo, Rhodesia, Napoleon's Crusade, the overthrow of the Russian monarchy, WW1 and WW2, Iraq, Syria, Libya ... I mean, quite literally, 100s of millions of people have met early deaths in the pursuit of 'wealth and riches' (historically gold and silver). Great input and conversation y'all. Very interesting. Edited by JGG 06/09/2019 10:09 am Report this Post to the Staff
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