Coins melted during fires from 1906 SF quake

[Juice in the hole]

Although it's possible it's from the great fire in SF, I might be a little skeptical. The visible nickels dated 1902 seem to have too much wear to only be 4 years old. Nickel is a very hard metal. Pull out a few 4 year old nickels from your pocket and they will probably look like new. Even nickels 10 or 20 years old might look new. They certainly appear to have been burnt in a fire, but it could have been 20 years later. Great story regardless. Cool stuff.

That's the first thing that popped into my head too. That's a ton of wear on only 4 year old coins.

 

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