This reminds me of a fellow I was connected to on Facebook; he was actually a fairly well-known surf-rock musician and artist who retired to a mansion in the hills outside of Los Angeles. When the wildfires hit 6-7 years ago, his house was leveled, but to add insult to that loss, all of his belongings (original artworks, tapes from his career as a musician, other things that he was keeping but for which he hadn't made space in his house) were stored on his lot in two tractor-trailer sized storage containers. The flames didn't penetrate the containers, but the sustained heat from days of wildfires basically cooked every item in the containers and reduced them to ash. He died a few months after that, and I always felt that, between the loss of his house and those things that represented his earthly accomplishments, he simply died of a broken heart. In a way, what you retrieved may have more "value" in its state NOW than before this tragedy occurred. It tells us so much and in a way, it's a "survivor" of 9-11. Certainly its "value" now transcends any dollar amount, and could hardly be compared to any numismatic "worth" it had before 9-11. Anyway... it's not "just stuff" and thank you for sharing this.
I try to watch things about that day so I never forget it. There are so many aspects of that day that people couldnt dream of. God bless our fallen. 🇺🇸
My sympathy for your loss. It's amazing to me that the boxes themselves weren't crushed and destroyed from the weight that came down on them, and unbelievable how the heat penetrated the boxes to the point of melting those coins. I hope they can be shared in a museum someday. The overwhelming amount of destruction continues to be revealed all these years later. Be well!
At the time that man mustve been thinking those coins were now worthless, I have to wonder though if now the value is increased because of the historical significance of what happened to them?
They would have to be sought after by collectors and I’m not sure there’s a huge market for that. The coins are destroyed, so they’d have to be wanted by what I would think might be a very niche market. But who knows?
I hate to say it but those coins, are probably far more valuable than they were before hand. Certainly more rare because not only is it a “Morgan dollar” it’s a Morgan dollar that was inside the wtc on 9/11.
Weird to see the guy not know how to put on a mask. Probably an expert at it now. So much care to not get dirty wear a mask ect. All those people who were down there trying to rescue and cleaned up and afterwards that are now sick with cancer
