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It Appears That Stolen Ancient Celtic Gold Coins Have Been Melted

TomBTomB Posts: 21,042 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The article linked here is from Canadian Coin News and it states that a group of 483 Celtic gold coins, which were found in an archaeological dig in 1999, were stolen from a museum in Germany last year and police in Berlin have found gold lumps that appear to have been made from melting several of the coins together at a time. Ugh...

https://canadiancoinnews.com/melted-down-gold-lumps-believed-from-theft-of-celtic-coins/

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  • rsei0120rsei0120 Posts: 127 ✭✭

    How Horrible

  • CrustyCrusty Posts: 1,099 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The person responsible should be publicly executed!

  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭✭

    @Crusty said:
    The person responsible should be publicly executed!

    One toenail, fingernail, and appendage at a time!

    Gene

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    Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors

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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭

    What a hideous crime against the culture!

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  • tcollectstcollects Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭✭

    molten lead down their throats

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