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We have a rare opportunity to own a piece of history that has touched our own lives. There are few Americans who do not
remember exactly where they were on the morning of September 11, 2001. Those of us who were able watched the events of that day and we will never forget the fate of the planes and the twin
towers. We have all watched the clean up at ground zero and the events that have led our troops into Afghanistan. Those who have wanted some connection to September 11 have acquired all sorts
of memorabilia but until now nothing that came right from the source.
Because of the total devastation of the twin towers there is virtually nothing left. The few items that have been salvaged
will be part of the memorial at the site of the former towers. But remarkably there was a Comex vault located in the basement of the World Trade Center that contained around two hundred
million dollars of gold and silver bullion that survived.
On the night of November 1, 2001 as the work proceeded on the ground zero clean up the workers made there way to the vault and
with little fanfare a caravan of Brinks armored trucks hauled the bullion to another Comex vault. Some of the silver eagles and a small amount of gold was sent directly to the Professional
Coin Grading Service. These coins were sealed in their patented tamper resistent holders with a certificate of authentication certifiying that the coin is one of the few that was excavated
from the World Trade Center site.
To hold one of these coins in your hand gives you a very strange feeling. This is an artifact from one of the biggest
events of the century and one that touches so many people intimately. We were fortunate to pick up just a handfull of these extremely popular coins and are able to offer them to you.
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