Major theft in England
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Date: 9/28/21
Hotel Theft
Dealer Christos Pouloglou was the victim of a hotel theft which at a London hotel while attending a coin show. Suspects entered his room and stole the below listed coins.
1838 Victoria gold sovereign MS64 PCGS cert number 28440033
1937 5 pound PF66 NGC cert 5880465006
10 Thaler 1833 MS62 PCGS cert 40314633
The Who 200P gold PF70 NGC FR 6133320001
2012 Elizabeth II 5 pound MS70 NGC cert 6135548005
1848 Victoria First head XF45 PCGS cert 34765053
1893 Victoria 2 pound MS63 cert 4439616001
1803 1/2 guinea MS63 NGC cert 4787270001
1911 Proof sovereign PR65+ NGC cert 2118066004
1826 George IV pf64 Cameo half NGC cert 2118066001
1858 Napoleon 100 francs MS62 NGC cert 4251782002
1917 George V London MS62 cert 35779561
5 x 2021 Edwards Restrike 5 pounds PCGS
1887 Gold and Silver set in Brown Spink case with red velvet UNC
Around 12 x 5 pounds BU with Boxes
2019 Victoria perth mint 2 ounce gold coin in case, there is a significant scuff on the right in Queens Portrait.
2020 George III 2 ounce gold PF70 5880721048
1911 PF63 sovereign NGC cert 2616429-013
1997 proof set with 50£ banknote cert on the box was EP50 000087
1911 PF66CAMEO PCGS sovereign
19 morgan dollars 1880-S MS63-64
1935 Silver Jubilee proof gold medal 123,28gr
There is a significant edge knock above the flag.
1843 Narrow shield XF45 PCGS cert number 39088128
2021 Britannia with Lion 200P NGC cert 5781919001
2021 Griffin PF70 NGC 100P cert 5779486001
2021 Completer 100P BU MS69 NGC cert 5782458004
2021 Completer 100 P BU MS68 NGC cert 5782458003
1916 -T German East Africa MS63 NGC cert 663652009
1817 George III MS64 half PCGS
1871 Victoria Shield MS65 NGC
1937 Edwards Matte restrike sov PF70
1900 20 Kronor MS65 PCGS cert 37204936
2020 Pay attention 200P PF70 cert 6028094001
2020 Pay attention 100p pf69 cert 6028094004
1977 South Africa - ounce proof cert no M3232 point 112 Gold coin Exchange
1828 Sardinia 80L AU55 NGC cert 3934678001
MS62 1837 sovereign. NgC 1915155-001
There is a £100,000 reward for recovery of the coins.
Anyone with information contact:
Doug Davis
Doug@numismaticcrimes.org
817-723-7231
Comments
oh no
. The question will be if the thief will break the coins out of the holders.
Positive BST as a seller: Namvet69, Lordmarcovan, Bigjpst, Soldi, mustanggt, CoinHoader, moursund, SufinxHi, al410, JWP
if they do, that's why it's nice to have the pcgs security shield
How is that going to help?
Heartbreaking when I read these stories. I hope they nail the bastards.
Ouch.
With PCGS Secure, each coin is laser scanned, imaged and registered into the PCGS Secure database. Through this process, the system digitally captures the unique fingerprints of both sides of the coin. This process allows your coin to be identified in the future should it be lost or stolen and then resubmitted to PCGS.
UGGH! When will dealers learn.
Does PCGS share this digital fingerprint to NGC or any other grading company?
only with a search warrant i believe
Amazing technology! I learned something new this morning!
Positive BST as a seller: Namvet69, Lordmarcovan, Bigjpst, Soldi, mustanggt, CoinHoader, moursund, SufinxHi, al410, JWP
Unfortunately I know the dealer in person, tough situation.
If they sell them for bullion, they will get £30000 at best. The coins were too many to fit in the safe, but this did not stop them from opening it too and steal the cash too, cash that was meant for purchases.
From the Sun’s article that contains a video taken by his smartphone.
A RARE coin dealer claims raiders nicked a £500,000 collection from his hotel suite at London's Park Lane Hilton.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/16264883/coin-dealer-claims-raiders-nicked-collection-from-hotel/
myEbay
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Nothing to do but being thankful for insurance.
The insurance (if he had one), covers the purchase price, according to receipts etc, If one goes through the list, he will find out that the vast majority of the coins were British, his niche market in Athens besides the fact that it was the Coinex show in London, the first major show in Europe to reopen its doors to the public and the dealers since the shows were canceled in early 2020. British gold coins were his specialty anyway, from bullion or new products by the Royal Mint, to some rather rare sovereigns, or multiples of them, that could have being bought for a fraction of their current value with the stratospheric climb of several of them, such as the proof sovereign of 1911, of which he had two examples, one in NGC and one in PCGS PR66CAM.
So the total official amount of insurance’s compensation that is based on purchase receipts (assuming that he had one, because Brexit made the insurance of his coins infinitely more difficult than the previous years), might be much smaller than the Sun’s title, a British tabloid of the Murdoch empire and of the school of “punch in the stomach” journalism, unlike broadsheets or even online versions of other newspapers. The real total value is a question mark, let alone that the list is not complete, especially as far as bullion coins were concerned, for instance the uncertified replicas of the Edward VIII gold £5, of which he had 40-50 examples, as they were selling for bullion or serving for trades instead of cash, each with the weight and metal content of a real £5 to give but one example….
myEbay
DPOTD 3
@SYRACUSIAN I could not imagine as a dealer of expensive coins, not having insurance. That would soften the blow. Still, tragic.
unfortunate, nice coins, I will offer a £110,000 reward for their return to me
Horrified Christos and his 32-year-old wife returned at 10.30pm to find their suite ransacked.
He says it left his business in ruins because he lacked insurance.
Just horrible
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