World Trade Center Recovery Gold Coins - Who's the expert?

Windycity

Would like to talk to someone about World Trade Center Gold coins but having a tough time finding a name and contact information online. Any suggestions?

BStrauss3

This is an information board - ask your question(s) - you might be pleasantly surprised how much knowledge is here...

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/nyregion/a-nation-challenged-the-vault-below-ground-zero-silver-and-gold.html

jwitten

Here is my example (toned, of course!)

CascadeChris

They are a touchy subject. Some see them as macabre and an exploitation of tragedy while others see them as preserved pieces of history. I am in the preserved history camp. They had history thrust upon them and kudos for PCGS offering to provenance slab them for the owners. I believe they did not charge them either. I own a 1/2oz 2001 AGE. Not something I would collect as a various type set but I do get a strong feeling of patriotism every time I handle it.

ricko

Nice.... I support anything that keeps the memory of this horrible attack alive.... I never want this heinous deed to fade from conscious history. Such a failure will further expose us to more tragedy. RickO

DCW

I enlisted in the Army after the attacks, and my mother had a hard time dealing with it. When I came back from overseas, she presented me with a 1999 1/10oz AGE, recovered from the WTC.
It will always be a special coin in my collection.

1630Boston

That's nice and thank you very much for your military service

CascadeChris

@DCW said:
I enlisted in the Army after the attacks, and my mother had a hard time dealing with it. When I came back from overseas, she presented me with a 1999 1/10oz AGE, recovered from the WTC.
It will always be a special coin in my collection.

I did the same thing. Within a week I took the USAF entrance exam and aced it. Unfortunately though, even being somewhat fit, I have exercised induced asthma. They called it "The Big A" and said it was an automatic no-go

PerryHall

Very neat reminder of that tragic day. I remember them being controversial and, for that reason, PCGS donating a portion of their fees to a 9/11 survivors fund. Anyone know what the ASE's and the tenth ounce AGE's are selling for? I wouldn't mind buying one.

asheland

I'd like an example at some point, too.

ricko

There might be some on ebay.... worth checking. Cheers, RickO

mustangmanbob

My son was 17, and a search and rescue dog handler when it happened. They were alerted to go, but after a day, it was clear the dogs were not going to be able operate in that zone.

He did enlist, still in, 2 tours in Iraq, stationed in Poland, Estonia, Korea x2, etc.

I knew 4 people killed that day, a classmate in tower 2, the father of a friend in tower 2, and 2 engineers from work on 1 of the planes that hit the WTC.

While they may be historical, I will pass on them.

1630Boston

Here are a few
goldcoinsvalues.org/?s=Wtc+Recovery+Coin

cmerlo1

I own a recovered silver eagle. I'm in the 'historical object' camp.

dpoole

Wondercoin and PCGS sponsored a fund raiser for 9/11 Fire fighter victims shortly after the attack by auctioning 100 slabbed, numbered and designated NY state quarters to Board members here. The effort was wonderful and the response, as I recall it, was swift and very generous. Truly a time of national unity.

PRECIOUSMENTAL

I have an 2001 ASE from the recovery.
It has the PCGS cert. numbers.
Most were not given the cert. numbers, they were labeled Gem BU, or MS 69.
980 is the population that were given a cert. number as per the pop report.

denali12

@BStrauss3 said:
This is an information board - ask your question(s) - you might be pleasantly surprised how much knowledge is here...

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/nyregion/a-nation-challenged-the-vault-below-ground-zero-silver-and-gold.html

had many friends at MTB.. there are many stories of the nova scotia hoard not the only precious metals:

http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/gold.html

The basement of 4 World Trade Center housed vaults used to store gold and silver bullion. Published articles about precious metals recovered from the World Trade Center ruins in the aftermath of the attack mention less than $300 million worth of gold. All such reports appear to refer to a removal operation conducted in late October of 2001. On Nov. 1, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced that "more than $230 million" worth of gold and silver bars that had been stored in a bomb-proof vault had been recovered. A New York Times article contained:

http://nymag.com/news/9-11/10th-anniversary/gold/

northcoin

@dpoole said:
Wondercoin and PCGS sponsored a fund raiser for 9/11 Fire fighter victims shortly after the attack by auctioning 100 slabbed, numbered and designated NY state quarters to Board members here. The effort was wonderful and the response, as I recall it, was swift and very generous. Truly a time of national unity.

I had forgotten that. To answer the OP's question wasn't there a poster on this board whose avatar name was WTC something? I think he was a dealer based out of one of the Western states and I assumed he specialized in World Trade Center coins.