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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Saving a building worth its weight in gold

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On the 100th anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake, writer Michael Castleman tells host Kai Ryssdal how workers at the city's mint averted a financial disaster for ravaged city.

Photo: Justin Sullivan © Getty Images

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