Fused Coins, World Trade Center
notes: label: Description
content: Description: This mass of fused coins was recovered from the debris of the World Trade Center.
label: Description
content: Context: Fire from the jet fuel was an important element in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. While it is estimated that about half of the fuel carried by each airliner was burned off in the initial fireball, the remainder spread throughout many floors of the building, setting off massive fires. The contents of the building—desks, papers, carpets, ceiling tiles, and even paint—fueled the fire, and with estimated temperatures of about 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, even metal coins were fused together. After the collapse, the fires continued to burn for weeks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: recovery site
content: United States: New York, Fresh Kills
label: recovered
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
topic: label: associated subject
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
label: related event
content: Attack on the World Trade Center
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
label: See more items in
content: September 11
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0238.13
label: accession number
content: 2002.0238
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0238.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fused coins, group of
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.5 cm x 9 cm x 1.2 cm; 4 1/2 in x 3 9/16 in x 1/2 in