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by scottLobster 1429 days ago
Wouldn't gold survive the fire? Melting point is near 2000 degrees F
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treeman79 1429 days ago
They were able to salvage some gold from fire. I think they got about 1,000 dollars of raw metal out of 100,000 worth of Coins
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HeckFeck 1429 days ago
Ingots and sovereigns, perhaps. But jewellery would've taken some damage.
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