Usps theft report
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Date: 8/19/20
Offense: Theft
Location of offense: Boston MA
Investigating Agency: USPS
Details:
A USPS express package shipped to Danbury, CT has been reported
stolen/missing. Tracking shows the package did not advance after arriving at the
USPS Boston distribution center.
Stolen Coins
1 1788 Vermont Copper, RR-26 Raw Raw
2 1847 1c PCGS MS65 BN 1877.65/39819882
3 1847/7 1c PCGS AU58 1880.58/39819884
4 1867 1c PCGS AU58 CAC 2088.58/32268977
5 1868 1c PCGS MS64 RB CAC 2092.64/32268978
6 1870 1c PCGS MS63 BN CAC 2097.63/32268979
7 1862 3c Silver PCGS MS64 OGH Gold CAC 3680.64/9426087
8 1941 Jefferson 5c Proof PCGS PF66 CAC 4178.66/39822548
9 1798/7 10c PCGS VF30 Rattler CAC 4468.30/6179813
10 1805 10c 4 Berries PCGS MS63 Gold CAC 4477.62/5582207
11 1807 10c PCGS F15 Rattler 4480.15/7314853
12 1892 10c PCGS AU55 4796.55/28911974
13 1937-D 10c NGC MS65 Fatty CAC 267031-010
14 1943-D 10c NGC MS65 FB Fatty Gold CAC 177902-006
15 1892 25c PCGS AU58 5601.58/35251567
16 1899-S 25c PCGS AU53 5624.53/60138610
17 1909 25c PCGS MS62 5653.62/18000269
18 1806 50c PCGS VF25 6071.25/32268983
19 1809 50c PCGS AU50 6092.50/29729394
20 1839-O 50c PCGS XF40 CAC 6181.40/16970843
21 1897-S 50c NGC VG08 3738573-021
22 1894 50c PCGS AU58 6468.58/32052302
23 1939 Walking Lib 50c Proof PCGS PF65 OGH CAC 6639.65/1445295
24 1942-D Waking Lib 50c NGC MS64 Fatty CAC 2023910-017
25 1944-D Walking Lib 50c NGC MS65 Fatty Gold CAC 136465-021
26 1946-D Walking Lib 50c NGC MS64 Fatty CAC 137207-008
27 1947-D Walking Lib 50c NGC MS64 Fatty CAC 133243-004
28 1849-D $2.5 PCGS AU58 CAC 7754.58/39806062
29 1924 Saint PCGS MS64 Rattler CAC 9177.64/3005187
30 1892 Columbian PCGS MS65 9296.65/32268985
31 A. Bechtler G$1 PCGS AU58 CAC 10040.58/25362419
32 Alabama 50c PCGS MS63 Rattler CAC 9224.63/1117258
33 Bay Bridge 50c PCGS 65 Doily CAC 9254.65/3129508
34 Spanish Trail 50c PCGS MS63 OGH Gold CAC 9376.63/3302264
35 1806 GB 1D PCGS MS66 RB OGH 202233.66/9413783
36 1861 Mexico 2R PCGS MS66 517548.66/81789452
37 1829 Mexico 8R PCGS VF30 159340.30/81452057
38 1943 Swiss 1Fr NGC MS67 196382-009
39 1943 Swiss 1Fr NGC MS67 196370-024
40 (Ca. 1650) Skull Token, Renesse-72 AE, PCGS MS66 BN 73885.66/39839836
Anyone with information contact:
Doug Davis
817-723-7231
Doug@numismaticcrimes.org
This Crime Alert is intended to advise you of criminal activity that may affect you or your business. If you have questions or suspect information, call the issuing law enforcement agency.
Comments
Dang, that’s a heck of a shipment!
Sorry to hear this.
Ouch, sorry I do know the feeling.
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Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
That's a serious downer. I hope the package (or contents) turns up somewhere soon!
Hopefully it will show. The USPS has problems for sure. If it never left a center, it's probably hiding in there somewhere, they just have to find it.
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I had an Express mail package stolen out of Boston, MA too. I filed the necessary paperwork with USPS and received insurance money back but would rather have my coins. It's hard to replace things like I had in that package.
Wow!
This is why it's always necessary to insure your coins for their full retail value.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
Ouch that hurts
Registered for full value and no more than 3 coins at a time.
Double boxed & 100% covered in water tape.
Call me paranoid if you like.
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Ouch. Just ouch.
Hope springs eternal...... It would sure be nice if this was found.
Horrible. I hate a thief.
BHNC #248 … 108 and counting.
Makes me sick to my stomach. I hope the cops catch the scum bag and retrieve the coins.
Increases your shipping costs drastically as well as your odds of at least one of the shipments not making it.
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Makes me sick, hopefully it’s just misplaced and will show up.
Can the grading company’s add a note if the Cert number are ran that they are stolen?
Big yes on the 1st one.
So far so good on the 2nd with an estimated 50 submissions.
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This needs a bump to the top!!
So sorry to hear this. Everyone's nightmare.
Increases your shipping costs drastically as well as your odds of at least one of the shipments not making it.
Here we go again - While I agree it does increases your shipping costs, I've sent hundreds of Registered Mail packages at the max insurance value with no problems over the years.
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I have not sent in more than 6 coins at one time, normally don't have that many lying around, but a definite YES to Registered Mail for accountability. Hopefully this order turns up soon! Not that it matters, but where was this package going? PCGS, CAC, customer, consigner, etc...
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Wow...this is terrible.... a major loss indeed. Devastating to the collector. I hope they are found - misplaced instead of stolen. Cheers, RickO
hope they catch the thief.
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SAD NEWS.
There were some amazing pieces in that box
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Where was the package sent from? Just curious.
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It was shipped from the branch in Weston, MA. Made it to the USPS Boston Distribution Center that evening, no update since then.
in nearly 20 years we've had one Registered package lost, one Priority lost, and one Express envelope lost, and now this Express box in literally thousands of mailings. Still very painful.
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I’m sorry to read this. I hope it shows up somehow but I fear the worst.
As each day passes, the odds aren't going up . .
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Ugh, sorry to hear.
Also got this notice from NCIC;
Date: 8/28/20
Offense: Theft
Location of offense: Virginia Beach
Investigating Agency: Fedex
Details:
The following coins were stolen from a FedEx package being shipped from
Spokane, WA to Virginia Beach, VA. The package arrived at the Virginia Beach
facility and the contents were missing.
Stolen Coins
30330342 8860 1908-D Indian Motto CAC $10 MS62
11451782 20502 1981 Willa Cather-Gold Medal 1/2 oz MS65
11451783 20503 1981 Mark Twain Medal 1 oz MS65
16106016 20506 1983 Alexander Calder-Gold Medal 1/2 oz MS65
25190578 9892 1995 Gold eagle $25 MS64
71662978 9937 1998 Gold Eagle World Trade Center $50 MS69
24014260 9777 1999-W Washington $5 MS69
8874467 89999 2006 Am Buffalo First Strike $50 MS69
11578078 393327 2008 American Buffalo .9999 Fine Gold $50 MS69
16106007 418866 2010-W American Buffalo First Strike .9999 Fine Gold $50 PR69DCAM
33589254 593804 2016 Am. Buffalo 10th Anniv. First Strike $50 MS70
14064055 395700 2008-W Jackson's Liberty $10 MS69
15899988 395702 2008-W Van Buren's Liberty $10 MS69
15656667 404569 2009-W Julia Tyler First Strike $10 MS69
15805568 404567 2009-W Letitia Tyler First Strike $10 MS69
15899991 404564 2009-W Anna Harrison $10 MS70
16106008 404572 2009-W Margaret Taylor $10 MS70
16490958 418378 2010-W Abigail Fillmore First Strike $10 MS70
20239395 506967 2011-W Julia Grant $10 MS70
24308728 506969 2011-W Lucretia Garfield $10 MS69
20662671 506966 2011-W Eliza Johnson $10 MS70
26741772 512927 2012-W Caroline Harrison First Strike $10 MS70
24098576 506968 2011-W Lucy Hayes $10 MS69
28601953 518112 2013-W Ida McKinley First Strike $10 MS70
83924688 598540 2016-W Betty Ford $10 MS70
83924689 596079 2016-W Patricia Nixon $10 MS70
11451779 152125 2007-W Dolley Madison $10 PR70DCAM
16012094 152123 2007-W Jefferson's Liberty $10 PR70DCAM
12516655 395708 2008-W Jackson's Liberty $10 PR70DCAM
14064054 395710 2008-W Van Buren's Liberty $10 PR69DCAM
19920042 395706 2008-W Louisa Adams $10 PR69DCAM
15113494 404584 2009-W Margaret Taylor First Strike $10 PR69DCAM
15656669 404580 2009-W Julia Tyler First Strike $10 PR69DCAM
20376332 506976 2011-W Eliza Johnson $10 PR70DCAM
20653290 506977 2011-W Julia Grant $10 PR69DCAM
20821812 506978 2011-W Lucy Hayes $10 PR69DCAM
24308726 506979 2011-W Lucretia Garfield $10 PR69DCAM
26789439 512933 2012-W Frances Cleveland 1st First Strike $10 PR70DCAM
28855531 518123 2013-W Ida McKinley First Strike $10 PR69DCAM
83924690 598538 2016-W Betty Ford $10 PR70DCAM
24098581 507309 2011-W Medal of Honor $5 PR69DCAM
26518720 511547 2012-W Star Spangled Banner $5 MS68
28170181 517656 2013-P Five Star General First Strike $5 MS69
28170182 517656 2013-P Five Star General First Strike $5 MS69
83802089 623501 2017-W Boy's Town First Strike $5 PR70DCAM
83886124 623501 2017-W Boy's Town First Strike $5 PR70DCAM
35021351 670343 2018-W Breast Cancer Awareness First Strike $5 PR68DCAM
4466789-001 1976 SWO-521D 0.415 ounce, D1976-3c Medal PF69 Ultra Cam
16106010 20500 1980 Marion Anderson Medal 1/2 oz. MS66
16106009 20501 1980 Grant Wood Medal 1 oz. MS66
16106012 20502 1981 Willa Cather-Gold Medal 1/2 oz. MS65
21492434 20503 1981 Mark Twain Medal 1 oz. MS67
16106014 20504 1982 Frank Lloyd Wright Medal 1/2 oz. MS66
16106013 20505 1982 Louis Armstrong Medal 1 oz. MS64
15324140 20506 1983 Alexander Caldwell Medal 1/2 oz. MS67
11451787 20507 1983 Robert Frost Medal 1 oz. MS64
11451788 20508 1984 John Steinbeck Medal 1/2 oz. MS67
11451789 20509 1984 Helen Hayes Medal 1 oz. MS67
Complete set American Arts Medallions
58 gold coins or medals total
Anyone with information contact:
Doug Davis
817-723-7231
Doug@numismaticcrimes.org
This Crime Alert is intended to advise you of criminal activity that may affect you or your business. If you have questions or suspect information, call the issuing law enforcement agency.
That's quite a haul. Hopefully it shows up or they catch the thief.
Conditions now and years past are not the same, I too have sent many packages with no issues until now. This year seems to be a banner year for postal loss/theft.
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Truly awful news.
Coincidently, those locations in Mass & Virginia Beach are two well known mail order dealer locations.
Time for the Post Office to step up their game a couple of notches.
This one was weeks ago, NCIC just posted:
Date: 8/5/20
Offense: Stolen/Missing (Theft)
Location of offense: Los Angeles
Investigating Agency: United States Postal Service
Details:
A USPS Express Mail package being shipped to Fresno, CA has been reported stolen/missing. Tracking shows the package arrived at the Los Angeles Distribution Center but has has never been delivered to recipient.
Stolen/Missing Coins
1904-S PCGS MS65+ CAC 30975171
1884 PCGS MS67 CAC 36639817
1890-O PCGS MS66 37228206
1891 PCGS MS65+ CAC 82606382
1897 PCGS MS67 CAC 50143198
1899-S PCGS MS66+ CAC 25646217
1900-S PCGS MS66+ CAC 25556875
Anyone with information contact:
Doug Davis
817-723-7231
Doug@numismaticcrimes.org
second shown loss was with FedEx, not postal. But yes bad year for usps, delays mostly.
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I suspect some usps "stolen/missing" shipments are merely delayed.
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Very disconcerting. I had a first class package that I placed in my office mail on 8/12 along with another package. One package scanned in promptly and was delivered w/in 2 or 3 days. The other package never scanned in as received and was completely off the grid until it miraculously scanned in on 8/26 at a USPS distribution across the country near the destination. Lower value of contents and lower level of service than express, but an example of what is going on as of late/may provide some glimmer of hope that the CRO package could be temporarily misplaced rather than stolen.
Bad news indeed. This reminds me of the Evening News broadcaster who starts off with "Good Evening" and then proceeds to inform you that...it isn't.
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I'll take a glimmer!
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These were shipped Monday August 10th, FedEx overnight and so it has already been 3 weeks since they were actually reported missing while waiting for FedEx to keep looking.
Hopefully someone will remember seeing these in case they may have been cracked out a couple weeks ago and sold for melt and can report some details. It would be a lot of gold coins, and a full set of very nice condition American Art gold medallions is not all that common.
There is only a very remote chance at this stage, that they will all be found in some FedEx cubby hole.
National Commemorative Medals of the U.S. Mint:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/medals-tokens/national-commemorative-medals-united-states-mint-1940-present/alltimeset/195526
I agree that people probably know who may not have an incentive to report a theft, the old mob mentality, "if you know what is good for you" look the other way, criminals rely on reluctance to report suspicious or criminal activity. A big reward would help catch the crooks or other incentive.
Maybe some of these will show up over the long weekend? A lot of those CAC coins in that top list are really rare.
National Commemorative Medals of the U.S. Mint:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/medals-tokens/national-commemorative-medals-united-states-mint-1940-present/alltimeset/195526
I did not know that the Numismatic Crime Information Center relied on donations, so I just sent them one. They are a tax- exempt organization. http://numismaticcrimes.org
National Commemorative Medals of the U.S. Mint:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/medals-tokens/national-commemorative-medals-united-states-mint-1940-present/alltimeset/195526
I think the poster was saying that there is a better chance of one of ten three-coin packages going missing than the thirty-coin package going missing. It also would be more expensive.
i get all nervous shipping a 3,000 dollar coin, never had a package lost yet though, over 10,000 packages in 21 years. couldn't imagine how bad these people must feel losing such a valuable package
I've never lost an express so am surprised by the recent spate of losses. A friend was shipping a registered/insured from NY to Rarcoa, I'm sure it will get there this week, but was taking forever to get there. Super safe and secure but slow.
Another one:
Date: 8/29/20
Offense: Lost/Stolen Package
Location of offense: Richmond, VA
Investigating Agency: USPS
Details:
A package being shipped from Williamsburg, VA to NJ on August 28,2020 has
been reported stolen/missing. The package arrived at the Richmond, VA
distribution Center on August 29, 2020. However there there has been no
movement and the package cannot be located. Postal Inspectors have been
contacted.
Missing/Stolen Coins
1. 1798 Draped Bust 1c PCGS AU54 S-185, 2nd Hair. Cert #32034600
2. 1864 Two Cent PCGS MS64 BN LM RPD FS-1304. Cert #4045739
3. 1853-O Seated 50c PCGS AU50 toned Cert #40451741
4. 1861-O Seated 50c W-15 Speared Olive, toned PCGS AU55 Cert #40451740
5. 1880-S Morgan Dollar PCGS MS65 rattler, toned Cert #2099489
6. 1883-O Morgan Dollar PCGS MS63 rattler, toned Cert# 2115330 value:
7. 1896 Morgan Dollar PCGS MS63 toned Cert# 1175781
8. 1923-D $20 Saint Gaudens gold NGC MS66 Light toning Cert# 266928-001
Anyone with information contact:
Doug Davis
817-723-7231
Doug@numismaticcrimes.org
That sucks!
Another stolen express, with cc gold:
Date: 9/1/20
Offense: Lost/Stolen Package
Location of offense: Houston, TX
Investigating Agency: USPS
Details:
An express package being shipped from Reno, NV to Silsbee, TX has been
reported stolen/missing. The package arrived at the North Houston distribution
Center on Sept 1, 2020. However, there has been no movement and the package
cannot be located.
Missing/Stolen Coins
1875CC $20 gold NGC MS61 3645500-002
1877CC $20 gold PCGS AU55 39469293
1874CC $20 gold NGC AU55 3042332-008
Anyone with information contact:
Doug Davis
817-723-7231
Doug@numismaticcrimes.org
I had a package stolen from the USPS in Maryland. Lost a trade dollar error coin. It never did show up.
There was a post on the forum about it. Initial insurance claims denied, even though they had GPS delivery of the package miles away from the destination.
Minor Variety Trade dollar's with chop marks set:
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I'd keep the pressure up; after initial claim is denied you can appeal to the DC unit.
Also I would let your Congressman know what games they play to deny reasonable claims based on theft of your valuable possessions that you trust them to deliver. It is outrageous that they would deny such claims with proper evidence considering that their rates are some of the highest out there for shipping. They charge multiples of what other insurers charge.