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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wtc911coins, post: 378673, member: 14882&quot;]<b>WTC Coin time line</b></p><p><br /></p><p>So let me try and put the time line together as best I can</p><ul> <li>1 November 2001 the works at The World Trade Center reaches the Iron Mountain Vault</li> <li>1 November - 1 December 2001 Coins are sent to Collectors Universe for certification.&nbsp; Collectors Universe does not grade coins and so the coins are only listed as &quot;Gem Uncirculated&quot; and the coin and series numbers are not on the label. At first these coins are sold by dealers that are advertising that a portion of the sale price would go to the relief funds for the families. Several different types and dates of coins appeared in these holders.</li> <li>1 December 2001 PCGS gets into the picture and start grading coins from ground zero, but at first only gold and silver coins from 2001 are graded. The grade coins being slab by PCGS has both barcode and serial number on the back and many has series number on them (1 of ???) . The barcode is hidden behind the hologram. At first this series only consisted of MS-69 2001 gold and silver 1 oz eagles.</li> <li>January 2002-June 2002 PCGS start grading all kinds of dates, types, grades, and special &quot;limited editions&quot; coins from many different countries. The PCGS version came out about 4 months after the attack and all the varieties and limited editions more than a year after the attack.</li> <li>January 2004 WTC coins start getting included in PCGS registry sets at first PCGS has a hard time finding the coins in their database but at the end they do and people are registering the WTC coins in their sets.</li> <li>January 2002 - Present&nbsp; On going talks about these coins if they are &quot;death coins&quot; or a part of history is going on as the coins increases in value compared to other PCGS graded coins from the same year.</li> <li>Why are WTC coins different than other types of memorabilia? Slave artifacts are big business especially among those who have had relatives that were slaves. WWI and WWII items are big business. I guess when it comes down to it, I collect coins because I enjoy them and the HISTORY is something I enjoy most about collecting.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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