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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Del Pinto, post: 2132719, member: 73128&quot;]This story stinks, or it doesn&#039;t. <a href="http://deepoceansearch.com/City_Of_Cairo.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://deepoceansearch.com/City_Of_Cairo.htm" rel="nofollow">http://deepoceansearch.com/City_Of_Cairo.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The suggestion that government bureaucrats &#039;know nothing&#039; of numismatic value in salvage is ridiculous. I also wouldn&#039;t presume that ALL the coins were simply melted on orders of the British Government, without any examination.</p><p><br /></p><p>There may be more here than meets the eye, but I doubt it. Suppose any corroded alloy coin would be smelted as scrap. It wasn&#039;t worth the time to &#039;coin roll hunt&#039; any rarities? That&#039;s likely correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>I imagine the market for cleaned, common date Silver Rupees is not worth the effort. Bullion, it was.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DOS-City-Of-Cairo-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>By contrast, I can only imagine what would happen to whatever Indian coin market exists if 50 metric tonnes of <i>numismatic grade</i> Silver coin got dumped on eBay. Collectors, be grateful it smelted![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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