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Relatedly: http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/10/03/140815154/dissolve-my-nobel-prize-fast-a-true-story http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/10/03/1

• unclebucknasty 11y ago
  The gold did not cease to exist, any more than did the ashes from the burned ship. But, the Nobel medals did cease to exist, as did the ship. The gold could be refashioned into more medals. But, they would not be the same medals. The gold could also be fashioned into a necklace, or two necklaces. If this were not so, then the statement "state and identity are not the same" would be meaningless, because there would be no need for the word "identity" in any case.