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1961 SILVER URUGUAY 1O PESOS
- September 30th, 2008
- Posted in WTC Uruguay Coins
I am sure that the story behind the 1961 SILVER URUGUAY 1O PESOS with over 5000 coins in the WTC vault is going to be one of the strangest story told, and I wish I could be the one to tell that story but I just don't have all the detail yet on it. So picture this, why would anybody put 5000 pcs of a 10 pesos from Uruguay into a vault under the world trade center ? Is there any good explanation for that ? It just does not make any sense. On its own without being under the world trade center in a vault would this be considered a valuable coin? Well I check that out and right now Non WTC this coin sells for $13.50 Buy It Now. So I guess not a valuable coin if it does not come from the WTC Vault. So what where 5000 of these coins doing there ? Did one individual have all those coins sitting there for a reason was it at the time a cheap way to buy Silver to hedge that the silver price would go up? Maybe but I don't know, or is there something else that is at play here. No matter what it is the circumstances about this coin and how it ended up under the world trade center will make for a great story some day and for right now I think this coin is very interesting and I would love to hear the full story
| WTC RECOVERY 10 PESOS 1961 gem uncircuiated |  |
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US $110.00 | 12d 16h |
| 1961 10 Peso form the world trade center WTC PCGS Gem | |
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US $155.00 | 14d 12h 1m |
| 1961 WTC GROUND ZERO RECOVERY URUGUAY 10 PESOS - PCGS | |
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US $110.00 | 20d 7h 59m |
| 1961 WTC Ground recovery Uruguay 10 Peso PCGS Gem | |
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US $129.00 | 28d 18h |
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10 Pesos End Roll
- May 20th, 2008
- Posted in WTC Uruguay Coins
| Year | 1961 |
| Material | Silver |
| PCGS Certification | Gem Uncirculated |
| Population | 5000 |
The population number above is for the regular 10 pesos out of the world trade center vault, the end roll coins are much more scares maybe with numbers in 50 or 60 if that many.
Here is a picture of the same coin on the reverse.
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1961 Uruguay $10 Silver
- May 17th, 2008
- Posted in WTC Uruguay Coins
| Year | 1961 |
| Material | Silver |
| PCGS Certification | Gem Uncirculated |
| Population | 5000 |
The WTC 1961 Gem Unc $10 Pesos Silver coin "WAS" the least inexpensive of all WTC Recovered coin available for only about two years. Would you believe that this coin traded at about $20 dollars back in January of 2002 and you couldn't even get some collectors to touch them at that price! A mere "5,000" coins were actually recovered from Ground Zero in New York.
The Uruguay 1961 $10 Peso coin was minted by the Royal Mint in London for Uruguay. Its mintage was limited 3 million coins that have now vanished and can no longer be found. The coin has approximately 1/2 ounce of pure silver and has a diameter of 33 millimeters. It was minted to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle of 1811 and to honor the great sacrifices of the Uruguayan Gaucho "Cowboy" who played a major role in the battle against Spain