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Cache of Gold Found at WTC

Two truckloads retrieved through a tunnel in rubble

By GREG GITTRICH, THOMAS ZAMBITO and LEO STANDORA

Daily News Staff Writers

Workers at Ground Zero unearthed last night [Ed.Com: Oct, 2001] a buried treasure of gold, hidden for weeks under the ruins of the World Trade Center.

As a small army of federal agents with shotguns and automatic rifles stood guard, city cops and firefighters packed two Brink's armored trucks with the lode, sources said.

This is not a shocker, as it was rumored that as much as $160 Billion in bullion was stored under the Trade Center. Let's read on.

The sources said the gold was found in a delivery tunnel under 5 World Trade Center.

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Officials finally got to the gold through that tunnel yesterday, after workers hauled out a 10-wheel truck, several crushed cars and mounds of debris.

No bodies were recovered during the operation.

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As workers inched closer to the gold yesterday, authorities began restricting access to the north side of Ground Zero and FBI and Secret Service agents joined cops and firefighters at the site.

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The Toronto-based Bank of Nova Scotia has said its vault under 4 World Trade Center alone held more than $200 million in gold and silver. Bank spokeswoman Pam Agnew didn't immediately know if any of that gold was found last night.

Other companies are believed to have lost untold gold and valuables in the disaster.

November 1, 2001

THE VAULT Below Ground Zero, Silver and Gold

By JIM DWYER

About two weeks ago, a security team spotted scorch marks on a basement doorway below 4 World Trade Center, on the east side of the ruined complex, according to officials. Even in a place of mass devastation and death, those scorch marks got fast attention. They had not been noticed by a patrol team a few hours earlier, and behind the damaged — but intact — door were nearly a thousand tons of gold and silver. To security officials, it looked as if someone had tried to break in. Within hours, a video surveillance system was installed to keep at least an electronic eye on the precious metals until their custodian, the Bank of Nova Scotia, had a chance to remove them. That work began this week.

A team of 30 firefighters and police officers are helping to move the metals, a task that can be measured practically down to the flake but that has been rounded off at 379,036 ounces of gold and 29,942,619 ounces of silver.

As layers of debris are peeled away, recovery workers are opening gangways to intact portions of a 16- acre basement that was largely unseen but was a place of spectacular scope in its own right. Just the basement area of the World Trade Center enclosed twice as much space as the entire Empire State Building.

Nearly a quarter of a mile below the spectacular vistas from the towers was their upside-down attic dropping 70 feet below the ground, a strange world with enough room for fortunes in gold and silver, for Godiva chocolates, assault weapons, old furniture, bricks of cocaine, phony taxicabs and Central Intelligence Agency files. With so many people still lost, the owners of this stuff have maintained a discreet silence during the recovery operations. But that doesn't mean they're not interested.

Beneath the Customs House — 6 World Trade Center — was an armada of government vehicles, including dozens owned by the Secret Service, in a fenced-off area. Within that area was a garage where a single armored limousine was parked under the tightest security. The limousine was so long that it needed straight-line access to the street, because it could not clear tight corners in the basement. That car had been used to carry heads of state visiting the city, said Tony Ball, a spokesman for the Secret Service. (The president's limousines are stored in Washington and flown everywhere he visits.)

In the 1993 trade center bombing, an armored Secret Service limousine was parked about 100 feet from a truck bomb. Although the bomb crashed through five stories of concrete and the concussion destroyed cars all over that floor, the Secret Service limousine "did not even have a broken windshield," according to a government official on the scene that day. The condition of the limousine after September's attack was not known yesterday. "We haven't gotten anything back yet," Mr. Ball said.

Asked about reports that his agency also kept what looked like ordinary taxis and telephone company trucks in the basement, Mr. Ball laughed. "What I would say is that it is not unusual for law enforcement agencies to have these kinds of things," he said. Besides the Secret Service, the building named for the United States Customs Service also housed an office of the C.I.A.

That building is now partly collapsed, with a rubble pit 30 feet deep. Somewhere in there are drugs, weapons and contraband seized by the Customs Service at the region's airports. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms also lost two evidence vaults, according to a spokesman for that agency, Joseph Green. They have not yet been recovered. "There could be several hundred weapons — somewhere between 200 and 400, ranging from small-caliber semiautomatic pistols to assault rifles," Mr. Green said, adding that a few of the guns had been found. Agents plan to be on the scene when the remains of the building are demolished sometime in the next two weeks, he said. "After that, we'll be working at the landfill to search for any important items that are still missing."

For people who have seen the surface destruction, either in pictures or in person, it may be hard to imagine that anything is intact below ground. But engineers and recovery officials say that large parts of the underground perimeter are undamaged, even though the buildings above them are partly collapsed.

One area is below 4 World Trade Center, where more than two decades ago, Swiss Bank built a huge vault and storage area. The vault was reached from the Swiss Bank offices by a private elevator.

To reach the vaults, armored trucks would drive through what had once been the tunnels for the Hudson and Manhattan railroad, the predecessor of the PATH system. These tunnels had run as far east as Church Street, but were not needed when the trade center was built and the PATH terminal was set closer to the river. The western stubs of the original tunnels, ringed with cast iron, were converted into roadways. These roads ran directly to a roll-down door in front of the Swiss Bank vault area. Inside was a loading dock.

By the time of the 1993 bombing, Swiss Bank no longer was using the vault, and shortly afterward, the bank relocated its remaining operations. The next tenant of the vault space was the Bank of Nova Scotia, which estimated the value of the metals at $200 million.

"We are in the process of relocating the contents of our vault at World Trade Center building No. 4 to another secure location, because authorities need to demolish the building," Pam Agnew, a spokeswoman for the bank, said yesterday by phone from Toronto. Some of the metal is owned by the bank, and some by its customers, she said. She declined to say where the metals were being taken. "The contents remain safe and intact," Ms. Agnew said. "The contents are fully insured. We're working very closely with local authorities to ensure a safe and secure relocation effort. "The removal of the contents was not a priority for us because we've always known it was safe and secure," Ms. Agnew said. Asked about what appeared to be an attempted break-in two weeks ago, Ms. Agnew said that she was unaware of it. Later, she called to reiterate that the metals were safe: "It would be factually incorrect to say there had been any attempt to steal the contents of our vault."

However, a government official involved in the recovery efforts said that there had clearly been an attempt within the last two weeks to enter the vault area. "It looked like they used a blowtorch, a crowbar," said the official, who spoke on the condition that neither his name nor his position be identified. "The Port Authority police began periodic patrols, and then a closed-circuit television system was put in."

The bank also engaged Kroll Inc., a security business based in New York, to supervise the relocation of the gold and silver, a process that began this week, The Daily News reported yesterday. Michael Cherkasky, the president of Kroll, declined to comment on his company's involvement. Anyone trying to make off with the gold would not be able to run very fast: each ingot weighs 70 pounds.

Closure: The Untold Story of the Ground Zero Recovery Mission

"One of the four Operations Commanders of the World Trade Center site chronicles the rescue and recovery mission at Ground Zero from September 11, 2001, through the end of operations on May 30, 2002, while telling the story of his own struggle to make peace with all that he saw there. On the morning of 9/11, the Port Authority Police Department was the first uniformed service to respond to the attack on the World Trade Center. When the towers collapsed, thirty seven of its officers were killed the largest loss of law enforcement officers in U.S. history. That afternoon, Lieutenant William Keegan began the work of recovery. The FDNY and NYPD had the territory, but Keegan had the map. PA cops could stand on top of six stories of debris and point to where a stairwell had been; they used PATH tunnels to enter "the pile" from underneath. Closure includes many never before told stories, including how Keegan and his officers recovered 1,000 tons of gold and silver from a secret vault to keep the Commodities Exchange from crashing; discovered what appeared to be a black box from one of the planes that hit the towers; and helped raise the inspirational steel beam cross that has become the site's icon. For nine brutal months, the men at Ground Zero wrestled with 1.8 million tons of shattered concrete, twisted steel, body parts, political pressure, and their own grief. Closure tells the unforgettable story of their sacrifice and valor, and how Keegan led the smallest of all the uniformed services at the site to become the most valuable. "

Title of ebook: Closure: The Untold Story of the Ground Zero Recovery Mission

ISBN: 1416540962

Publisher: Touchstone

File Size: 1356 kb

Released online for download: 09-11-2006

Author: Keegan, William, Jr.

AA: Davis, Bart,

Have checked the nominal roll for the 75th, no Caldecott`s listed, because the names are different, we can`t even assume that he transfered from the 75th Infantry to the 13th Cavalry. I wonder did Austugus die during the war, hence no longer on the records? Is there any way of finding out?

I also find it interesting, that they are all in New York Regiments.

Found 3 matching records(s)

Select a soldier... records 1 - 3

Caldecott, Augustus F ...(75th Infantry)

Caldecott, Charles H ...(159th Infantry)

Caldecott, Joseph ...(5th Cavalry)

Curious another site has given these three -

So what happened to..

2

Caldecott, Frederick

Union

Cavalry

13th Regiment, New York Cavalry

And where did Augustus come from?...... who are the 75th Infantry?

If you thought they are expensive check out....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Double_Eagle

The 1933 double eagle (United States 20-dollar gold coin) currently holds the record for highest price paid at auction for a single U.S. coin when it was purchased for US$7.59 million.

"American Silver Eagle Dollars found buried under the World Trade Center debris in what was once the IRON MOUNTAIN DEPOSITORY VAULTS, some how, Amazingly some of these coins survived. The years that were reported recovered were the 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000, and the 2001."

On November 1, 2001 nearly 2 months after the disaster that changed our country forever, these American Eagles were recovered intact within the Iron Mountain Vault located under the World Trade Center. Most would agree that is is a miracle that anything survived.

Under heavy guard, these coins were hauled away by Brinks and stored under lock and key until they were certifed and graded by PCGS.

It seems that 1000`s were recovered in various conditions, however 1987 & 1993 seem to be the rarest examples. I think I`m right in saying that the commest is the 2001, which is interesting, for the obvious reason that this was the year of the diaster, and secondly because, these coins must have come straight from the mint, and into the WTC vaults.

Millions in gold and silver recovered from WTC

Updated Wed. Oct. 31 2001 7:37 PM ET

CTV News Staff

As part of the recovery operation at the World Trade Center in New York, a Toronto-based Bank of Nova Scotia has reclaimed more than $250 million in gold and silver from ground zero.

The precious metals were locked away in a vault at 4 World Trade Center.

"I think we have most of it. I'm not sure we have all of it yet,'' Mayor Rudolph Giuliani told reporters Wednesday.

Armoured cars were seen on Wednesday heading to and from the site. Guiliani later confirmed that the vehicles were carrying the treasure.

Bank of Nova Scotia spokesperson Pam Agnew declined to offer any details about the removal effort.

"For safety and security reasons, I don't want to give away any details that could put people's lives at risk,'' she said.

Agnew did say that bank officials were always confident that the buried treasure was safe.

The precious metals were buried under millions of tonnes of wreckage when Building 4 collapsed along with the twin towers on Sept. 4.

The eight vault employees who kept watch over the gold and silver before the attacks escaped unharmed.

The recovery of the gold and silver has now cleared the way for the complete demolition and cleanup of the Building 4 site.

I bet those Nigerian spammers are behind it !!!

"I have 50 000 000 in gold salvaged from the WTC... send me your bank account number... blah...bla...blah..."

Chris thats very sharp, well done!!!

Look closer and you will find that it's a 1 pound (12 troy oz's) coin. Today's spot price for silver is 13.32 so bullion price of 12 oz's is about $159 cap that off being a proof and these punders are more uncommon drives up the price.

Then again here comes my rant bear with me: Some UK ebayer's think $1 = 1 english pound.

No worries coastie, its good to have a rant now & again, it clears the air, and getting things off your chest keeps the old blood pressure down...

But getting back to the coin, I have since been advised that because this coin is listed as proof, and clearly doesn`t have a mint mark, then it isn`t a US mint coin. I`ve been informed that there are loads, of private mints within the US that are knocking this stuff out. I suppose they may have used the same methods as the US mint to get the proof finish, but its all down to collecting needs in the end really. I`d rather have a pukka mint marked one myself, but there we go.

Coin News January 2005 reported….

Although we understand that the US Congress may be considering issuing a coin to commemorate the tragedy of September the 11, 2001 no official designs have yet been seen, However, an enterprising private mint has produced a “coin” which bears the denomination `one dollar` and is purported to be struck using silver salvaged from the remains of the ill fated Twin Towers. Apparently these items are neither legal tender nor, it would seem are they made from silver genuinely rescued from the disaster! The New York Attorney General is considering prosecuting the Port Chester mint and has obtained a temporary restraining order prohibiting the sale of these coins. A number of unofficial medallions and other souvenirs have been produced by various get-rich-quick private mints in commemoration of September 11 but this is the first to carry a denomination which of course is illegal.

2001

WTC Recovery Ground Zero

$100

AMERICAN PLATINUM EAGLE

Only 5 of these coins exist!

ONE FULL OUNCE OF PLATINUM!

There seems to be no shortage, of these coins dispite, claims by Ebay sellers. I`m not sure just how genuine they are?

I`ve also discovered gold $50`s all alledged to be from the WTC...

2001

WTC Recovery Ground Zero

$50 AMERICAN GOLD EAGLE

1 OF 269

Only 269 of these coins exist!

ONE FULL OUNCE OF GOLD!

and by the same dealer...

2001

WTC Recovery Ground Zero

$50

AMERICAN GOLD EAGLE

Only 24 of these coins exist!

ONE FULL OUNCE OF GOLD!

Not sure how there can be both only 24 and 169 of this 2001 $50 coin, maybe someone with a greater knowledge could shine some light on this....

And theres more....

WTC RECOVERY

1991

$50 AMERICAN EAGLE GOLD COIN!

One Ounce Pure Gold!

PCGS MS69

I`ve been unable to find anything on the net reporting the salvage of all these coins, or how many have been recovered of both gold & silver and what years, does anyone know?

Hey buddy, wanna buy a piece of Ground Zero?

The National Collectors Mint is marketing a new commemorative silver dollar that, to me, seems repugnantly morbid.

For the first time ever, a legally authorized government issue silver dollar has been struck to commemorate the World Trade Center and the new Freedom Tower. It's the U.S. territorial minting of the 2004 "Freedom Tower" Silver Dollar from CNMI. Each coin has been clad in .999 Pure Silver recovered from Ground Zero!

The coin's detail page goes on to explain more of the story:

No, this is not a misprint. The silver used in each gleaming dollar coin is from Ground Zero! You see, when the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001, a bank vault full of .999 Pure Silver bars was buried under hundreds of tons of debris. After months of salvage work, many of the bars were found. Now, the same silver that was reclaimed from the destruction has been used to create the magnificent 2004 “Freedom Tower” Silver Dollar.

During the EPA cleanup of the World Trade Center site, recycling "was done with the eye that we didn't want materials to show up on eBay as souvenir items." New York state law bans street vendors from operating within five blocks of the World Trade Center site. But these attempts, and plenty of others, of course haven't stopped the merchandising of Sept. 11.

As for these Collector's Mint coins, I agree with the sentiment: "We will never forget." But the somber reminder is belied by the company's opportunism, and most of all by the repellent marketing. "The silver used in each gleaming dollar coin is from Ground Zero!" Sorry, that's just not a sentence you can end with an exclamation point without disgusting me. Act now! Collect 'em all! Make me puke.

The private National Collector's Mint trades off of people assuming it's somehow related to the official mint of the U.S. government. And it probably goes without saying, but according to the U.S. Mint website: "Congress did not authorize the National Collector's Mint product, and the United States Government does not endorse it."

Hi Guys found this whilst surfing the net, thought it might be of interest...

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.

Gem Uncirculated 9-11-01 World Trade Center Ground Zero Recovery Silver Eagle Certified Authentic by the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), the number one grading service.

Hi Guys,

Thats really cool thanks. I think its great that people out there, are aware that they had relatives that fought in this war, and that they haven`t just been forgotten!!!!

My family fought for the King, during the English Civil War....

Gordon.

A soldier died after being injured in a roadside bomb attack in Basra. The soldier, from the 4th Battalion The Rifles, was evacuated for medical treatment after the blast hit a British forces patrol returning to base. The next-of-kin were informed.

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Major Paul Harding from 4th Battalion The Rifles in Basra City on Wednesday 20 June 2007.

Major Paul Harding, a company commander in the 4th Battalion The Rifles, died after coming under mortar fire on the Provincial Joint Co-ordination Centre in Basra.

Major Harding had served in the army for 30 years

Maj Harding, 48, who lived in Winchester with his wife and two sons, had served as a rifleman for 30 years.

His commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Sanders, said: "The Rifles lost one of its most senior, long-serving and admired riflemen, and the country lost a veteran soldier of deep personal integrity, professional excellence, wisdom, experience and simple decency."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6227978.stm

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceN...illedInIraq.htm

Cheers Dave, I`ll give those sites a bash. Thanks very much. I don`t think for one minute, that I`ll be related to any of these Caldecott`s, but it was interesting to see the family name had taken part none the less, and on the winning side.. Damn rebels...

Hi Guys,

Anyone out there into the American Civil War?

I was surfing the net, and discovered that 3 guys with my surname served during the war, all with New York Regiments, I was wondering is it possible to research them, or have the records long since been lost.

1

Caldecott, Chas. H.

Union

Infantry

159th Regiment, New York Infantry

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2

Caldecott, Frederick

Union

Cavalry

13th Regiment, New York Cavalry

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3

Caldecott, Joseph

Union

Cavalry

5th Regiment, New York Cavalry

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Gordon.

Thought this might be of interest.....

Grading classifications...

Uncirculated coins are new coins that have never been in circulation. Coins may have been stored for many years in original Mint sealed bags, or stored in bank wrapped rolls, or carefully preserved by collectors. As a result, Uncirculated coins exhibit no wear from general circulation. Depending on contact they may have had with other coins and atmospheric conditions during or after coining, blemishes, bag marks and toning may be present. Uncirculated coins may lack luster and still be considered Uncirculated. Because Uncirculated coins represent greater quality and scarcity, they carry higher values. Uncirculated grades range from MS-60 Typical to MS-70 Perfect. Most Uncirculated coins range from MS-60 to MS-63+, as very few coins meet the technical standards for MS-65 or higher. It takes years of experience to become an expert at the grading of Uncirculated coins. Littleton's veteran buyers have developed great expertise in purchasing and grading Uncirculated U.S. coins.

Proof coins are made by special process using carefully selected coin blanks and dies, which are meticulously polished and burnished to remove any and all imperfections. The coin blanks are hand-fed into a specially adapted coin press, and are struck twice - at slow speed and with extra pressure - to produce high-relief features contrasted against deep mirror-like surfaces. The dies are polished frequently, and are replaced after only a limited number of strikes. The finished Proof coins are inspected to rigid standards, handled only with gloves or tongs, and specially packaged for delivery to collectors.

U.S. Mint Shifts Silver Proof Eagle Production to West Point Mint

Washington, D.C.,-- The U.S. Mint today announced it is shifting production of the Proof Silver Eagle from the Philadelphia Mint to the West Point Mint for the launch of the 2001 Proof American Eagle Coins.

"As part of the Mint’s commitment to continuous improvement, we felt it was time to integrate and consolidate production of all the Proof American Eagle Coins at one facility," said Mint Director Johnson. "The entire family of Eagles - gold, platinum and silver - will now be manufactured at the West Point Mint, where we’re renovating and expanding our production facilities."

"The modernization program we’re pursing will ensure continuous process improvement in the production of the highest quality proof precious metals products," said Associate Director for Numismatics David Pickens. "We’re anticipating a great deal of interest in the 2001 W Mint mark Proof Silver Eagle, so we’ve raised the mintage level to 750,000 coins this year."

The Mint plans to continue striking the Silver Proof Eagle at West Point in the future. Uncirculated American Eagle Bullion Coins will continue to be manufactured at the West Point Mint with no Mint mark. Silver Proof Eagles were produced at West Point on only one other occasion, for the 1995 Anniversary Set, which contained one-ounce, half-ounce, quarter-ounce and tenth-ounce proof gold coins and a one-ounce proof silver coin (30,125 of those sets were sold).

The Mints

United States Philadelphia Mint Facility

The nation's first mint provides a wide array of coins and manufacturing services. Like the Denver facility, Philadelphia makes circulating coins of all denominations, commemorative coins as authorized by Congress, and produces the dies for stamping coins and medals. Philadelphia manufactures the "P" mint mark portion of the uncirculated coin sets. In addition, the Philadelphia Mint employs the elite team of sculptor-engravers who are entrusted with creating designs and sculptural models for the production of all the Nation's coins and medals.

United States Mint at San Francisco

The United States Mint at San Francisco plays an important role in our nation's coinage. Although it does not currently produce circulating coins, it is the exclusive manufacturer of regular proof and silver proof coin sets that set the standard for numismatic excellence with their brilliant artistry, fine craftsmanship and enduring quality.

West Point Mint Facility

Located near the U.S. Military Academy in New York state, the United States Mint at West Point manufactures the entire family of American Eagle proof and uncirculated coins in gold, silver, and platinum. The gold and platinum coins are manufactured in denominations of one-ounce, half-ounce, quarter-ounce and tenth -ounce. Silver bullion coins are manufactured in one-ounce denomination.

Erected in 1937 as the West Point Bullion Depository, this was originally a storage facility for silver bullion and was nicknamed "The Fort Knox of Silver." From 1973 to 1986, West Point produced cents, and in 1980 began striking gold medallions. Shortly afterward, approximately 20 billion dollars worth of gold was stored in its vaults, making it second only to Fort Knox for gold storage. Today, it is also the major producer of gold coins.

The red letter date for West Point was March 31, 1988, when it gained official status as a United States Mint. Today, it is still a storage facility, but also manufactures, packages and ships gold and silver commemorative coins, and American Eagle Bullion coins in proof and uncirculated condition. Its Platinum Eagles have been very popular since their first issuance in 1997. In 2000, it struck the first ever Gold and Platinum Bi-Metallic Coin.

American Silver Eagle

The American Silver Eagle is the official silver bullion coin of the United States. It was first released by the United States Mint on November 24, 1986. It is struck only in the 1 troy oz denomination which has a nominal face value of one dollar and is guaranteed to contain one troy ounce of .999 pure silver. It is authorized by the United States Congress and its weight and content is certified by the United States Mint. The American Silver Eagle bullion coin may be used to fund Individual Retirement Account investments. The United States Mint also produces a proof version for coin collectors. The Silver Eagle has been produced at three mints. One is the Philadelphia mint, and some of those issued there carry a "P" mintmark. In the early years of the series, the San Francisco mint issued proofs and these bear an "S". More recent proofs are from the mint at West Point, New York. The latter have a "W" on the reverse.

The design on the obverse has been borrowed from the "Walking Liberty" design by Adolph A. Weinman, which was originally used on the United States' half-dollar coin from 1916 to 1947. This was probably the public's favorite design on any United States silver coin; hence the choice of this design for the Silver Eagle. The reverse portrays a heraldic eagle and was designed by John Mercanti.

Value

Mintages, and thus prices, of uncirculated and proof specimens have varied widely, and the potential collector is advised to check a standard reference book before buying them. Generally the business strikes have minted in the millions, while the proofs were issued in the hundreds of thousands. Thus, most dates are not particularly expensive ($15-$20 each), although some of the early 1990s proofs sell for over $100. Also, the special 1995W issue (30,125 sold) is worth several thousand dollars. The 2006 Silver Eagle 20th Anniversary boxed set, with uncirculated, proof, and the previously-unreleased reverse proof pieces, had a maximum mintage of 250,000 and quickly sold out from the Mint at a catalog price of $100. As of May 2007 it is selling for over $500.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Silver_Eagle

Lance Corporal James Cartwright, 21, of Badger Squadron, 2 Royal Tank Regiment, died after his Warrior armoured vehicle rolled off a bridge in the As Sarraji area, south of Basra.

Lance Corporal James Cartwright was killed in a Warrior accident

His commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel David Catmur, said he was a "professional soldier" and a "renowned character".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6761735.stm