Alert, Stolen/Missing Slabbed Coins (please pass along)

UtahCoin

Missing/Stolen Coins FedEx

The following coins were being shipped from New Jersey to Austin, Texas. Upon arrival in Texas the package was empty. The last known tracking location was in Memphis, TN.

Missing/Stolen Coins:

1880 CC morgan 8/High 7 pcgs ms 66 - 85183142
1883 CC morgan pcgs ms 67 - 25321383
1901 O $10 liberty pcgs ms 62 - 36461860
1906 D $10 liberty pcgs ms 62 - 36461861
1879 $3 gold pcgs ms 64 - 50045270
1795 flowing hair half dollar ngc xf 45 - 3723319003
1922 Gold commemorative grant with star pcgs ms 67 - 6593592
1909 S VDB penny pcgs ms 65 Red - 36472621
1901 S $5 liberty pcgs ms 66 CAC - 36600710
1902 morgan pcgs ms 66 - 36600709
1941 mercury dime pcgs ms 67 FB CAC - 36600692
1942 D mercury dime pcgs ms 67 FB CAC - 36600693
1940 walking liberty half dollar pcgs ms 67 - 36600694
1941 s walking liberty half dollar pcgs ms 65 - 36600695
1936 D cincinatti commerative pcgs ms 66 + CAC - 36600698
1934 D Oregon silver commerative pcgs ms 66 CAC - 36600699
1878 8TF morgan pcgs ms 64 CAC - 36600704
1880 CC morgan 8/high 7 pcgs ms 66+ CAC - 36472613
1936 S mercury dime pcgs ms 67 FB CAC - 36600774
1926 D peace dollar pcgs ms 64 + CAC - 3600776
1855 type 2 gold dollar pcgs ms 63 - 36600781
1900 $2.5 gold liberty pcgs ms 65 - 36600783
1926 $2.5 gold indian pcgs ms 64 CAC - 36600784
1908 $5 liberty pcgs ms 65 - 36600785
1854 $10 liberty pcgs au 55 - 36600790

Anyone with information contact:

Doug Davis
817-723-7231
Doug@numismaticcrimes.org

Numismatic Crime Information Center

RogerB

That's a hefty loss. Do you think the package was targeted? I presume it was sent registered.

blackhorse360

Terrible

Peace_dollar88

wow that's a huge loss! Wonder if it was coming from CAC. I hope they find them and that they were shipped registered.

Zoins

Ouch!

TomB

New Jersey has multiple high end dealers and/or entities that could ship a package like this, so I doubt it useful to speculate who the sender might have been.

asheland

That seriously sucks!

MilesWaits

Wow. That sucks. I assume that was not registered mail?! We have seen these threads before.

ricko

Wow... That is a terrible loss. I hope it is recovered, though often they are not. Cheers, RickO

Namvet69

Ouch, I hope someone processed the packaging for trace DNA. Peace Roy

Paradisefound

Inside >>>>> Outside job If FedEx could have such a lack of security on this type of shipment who else can we trust with ours?

CaptHenway

Copied to the coin dealer network.

AlexinPA

Usually it was the recipient's address that gives away the contents of the package. Also 'inside' job is what comes to mind but a lot of times it is eventually caught.

Smudge

Gave post a like as you are reporting it, do not like the crime.

MilesWaits

Really expedited and really fast shipping means it gets there really quick or not at all.~~~~

crazyhounddog

That’s one heck of a loss. I sure hope they show up somehow.
I feel your pain.
Sorry brother

kevinstang

Wow some really nice coins in that shipment, terrible loss, sorry. I hope they catch them before the coins get damaged as well.

Hemispherical

@MilesWaits said:
Really expedited and really fast shipping means it gets there really quick or not at all.~~~~

Does not sound like it was shipped with the quickest FEDEX service. Jersey to Memphis to Dallas to Austin sounds like FEDEX ground. Or there were several plane rides.

But I do hope the thieves are caught!!

ChrisH821

That is painful. Mail theft should have a higher punishment, maybe some of these thieves would think twice.

1northcoin

@TomB said:
New Jersey has multiple high end dealers and/or entities that could ship a package like this, so I doubt it useful to speculate who the sender might have been.

Hopefully the OP didn’t have a stake in the loss.

Actually it would be of some limited use to know who the sender was and if they had the wherewithal to insure. Could affect how one might direct shipment from said entity in the future.

Hemispherical

Theft of USPS mail is covered by federal statute: 18 U.S. Code § 1708. Theft or receipt of stolen mail matter gen­erally.

FEDEX/UPS is covered by ??? (Assuming it is based upon value and the local/state laws where the theft occurred?)

ColonelJessup

@Paradisefound said:
Inside >>>>> Outside job If FedEx could have such a lack of security on this type of shipment who else can we trust with ours?

Fedex shipping costs are higher than those of the Post Office. However, IIRC from my own meager needs (50K,$5000 deductible when $50K per package - $100K packages very common at the top end), insurance rates are essentially the same.
Everything goes "box inside a box".
Brinks is still working on the same kind of theft, the finest known 1870-CC $20 AU58 NGC valued at $600K.
If you're talking lower values (most are), shipping costs are ballooning some peoples' transaction costs. Insurance rates are likely higher based on different (smaller) package sizes.

YMMV

air4mdc

There are unscrupulous employees for these companies, UPS and FedEx that know exactly what packages to look for that contain valuables. I had the opportunity to train with one of these companies in loss prevention. It was amazing to watch how these people knew what packages contained handguns and how quickly they could remove the weapon form the package. Most likely the same for coins and currency.

savitale

Wow, That is quite a loss. Hopefully the perpetrators will be identified when they try to sell.

rln_14

Hope the crooks are caught and coins recovered!