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		scott_karana on Feb 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tin cans filled with $10M in gold coins found buri... Only if you can anticipate that the value of the metal is still there in 100 years, or that the coins will be worth something as a collector's piece. Imagine if these were aluminum, which was expensive in the 1870s... (http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9511/Binczewski-9511.ht...)

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