Disposal company for the US Mint accidentally took pallet of Dolly Madison $10 coins and incinerated them. Coins were supposed to have been removed from packaging but weren't. Too late to recover gold. Disposal company had insurance which fully compensated the mint. See link. Cal link: https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...pouse-gold-coins-wrongly-sent-for-destruction
I wonder if some of those coins made it out of the packaging before they hit the incinerator? Or maybe the employee saw them but didn’t like the design so said oh well just another crappy coin. Reed.
When the reports said the gold wasn't recoverable, I assume they mean for the mint to reuse. I doubt the gold vaporized in the incinerator and wonder how the ashes are disposed of. Cal
Not a very comprehensive, detailed, investigative report/article by Paul Gilkes when we all question it! Sounds like something the mint fed him. When they have to review security video, tells me there's a major problem somewhere!
WOW! I wonder how that phone call started.................. Hey uhhhhhhh those gold coins you gave us????..............................
Or the ghost of Conrad Braun. http://chiefacoins.com/Database/Micro-Nations/Gold_Standard_Corporation.htm
In other news, "Mint had a whole pile of Dolly Madison gold coins nobody wanted, because they were boring and bland and nobody bought them... so we melted them."
Wonder if they were uncirculated, proof, or a mix? That's pushing 10% of the mintage for either issue. Of course, more than that were probably already melted post-consumer in the 2011 run-up.
