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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1232278, member: 66&quot;]The WTC coins and bar did come for the vaults in the WTC complex but NOT from under the two towers themselves.&nbsp; There were thousands of coins that were brought from the WTC and slabbed.&nbsp; Oniginally the ony pieces released were 2001 ASE&#039;s and the first one were all the GEM UNCIRCULATED pieces.&nbsp; These were NOT slabbed by PCGS.&nbsp; They were produced by Collectors Universe the parent company of PCGS using PCGS shells.&nbsp; These all have the Collectors Universe logo on the back and not the PCGS logo and hologram.&nbsp; The initial seller of these coins was promising to donate a portion of the proceeds to the firefighter fund.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next to appear were the 2001 ASE&#039;s slabbed and graded by PCGS.&nbsp; By now the sellers were no longer claiming that part of the proceeds were going to charity.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was another six months before&nbsp; all the other dates of ASE&#039;s and all the other stuff began appearing on the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>After about another three months the various &quot;1 of XXX&quot; death coin slabs began appearing.&nbsp; ALL of these slabs are marked 1 of XXX so every coin is #1.&nbsp; There was nothing special about these &quot;numbered&quot; sets.&nbsp; They simply sent in a batch of coins, had them numbered that way, and when they were all gone sent in another batch and also numbered that way.&nbsp; They could send in say ten monster boxes one at a time and have ten &quot;1 of 500&quot; issues with no way to tell them apart.&nbsp; Then they could sell 5000 #1 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were gold silver and even platinum coins from various countries slabbed in these holders.&nbsp; There were also gold and I believe platinum 1 oz bars slabbed as well.&nbsp; For the most part all of these &quot;death coins&quot; were sold at premiums playing on peoples feelings about the event with the extra money just lining the pockets of the promoter. </p><p><br /></p><p>These should not be confused with the 100 NY state quarters slabbed by PCGS with the NY Firefighter 9/11 label.&nbsp; These were produced and auctioned off to the members of the PCGS coin forum with ALL of the money raised being donated to the firefighters relief fund.&nbsp; Over $42,000 was raised for the fund. No one made one thin dime of profit on these coins.&nbsp; The coins were donated and PCGS donated the slabbing.&nbsp; These slabs are tightly held and seldom come on the market.&nbsp; Usually when they do the proceeds are once again earmarked for a charity.&nbsp; Unfortunately for the next two year PCGS used that same US flag label for the membership giveaway to new and renewing PCGS memberships.&nbsp; You have to read the label to make sure of what you are getting.&nbsp; They should have retired that label after the firefighters fund slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the WTC &quot;death coins&quot; came out at least one dealer was able to get coins slabbed by PCGS with a similar flag label.&nbsp; Those coins have nothing to do with the WTC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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