Has the Smithsonian Been robbed by Board members?
Manorcourtman
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Are coins missing?? Why was the young PCGS board members posts pulled?? Are board members now in the slammer?? The public wants to know!!
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And curiously, a 1933 double eagle appeared in my mailbox with cryptic instructions as to what to do with it.
Well, not really...
<< <i>And on this weeks Coin World cover a previously unknown 1933 $20 St. G. may have been found( subject to confiscation if true). Something is up.......Is Airplaneboy in jail? Him not posting is like russ not posting. He's either in Jail or his hard drive crashed....... >>
If it makes you feel better, he was spotted last night in a thread across the street.
<< <i>Yes we do!!! The truth is out there...........
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Now THAT was funny!
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Airplanenut is DEAD
He's dead I tell you. They killed him to shut him up.
Had the truth come out it would have meant the end of civilization as we know it.
That's why they had to kill him.
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Give it a little time.
0-5 yrs: $1000
6-10 yrs: $2000
11-15 yrs: $10,000
16-19 yrs: $25,000
20-25 yrs: $100,000
26-30 yrs: $200,000
31-35 yrs: $350,000
36-45 yrs: $1,000,000
46-50 yrs: $10,000,000
51-65 yrs: $50,000,000
66+ yrs: $150,000,000
As you can see, Jeremy CLEARLY broke the rules when he handled more than $25,000 worth of coins.
Give me a break people. A mature person, and a true numismatist, had the opportunity of a lifetime--he was allowed to hold $100,000,000 worth of coins at one time (isn't that the value he gave in the orginal thread? I can't remember now). Apparently some people are concerned that a young person should be allowed access to our nation's numismatic treasures. Consequently, I've proposed the above scale, which will clearly show that an individual must be over 65 years of age before they can handle such valuable coins. Clearly Jeremy's youth posed a GRAVE security threat. I'm sure that at the time he was handling coins, he was totally unsupervised, and no guards stood between him (and the coins) and his car. I'm certain he could have just walked out of that place at any time and fenced $100,000,000 worth of coins in a heartbeat. Yes, Jeremy, as a youth, was a serious security risk, and for him to have handled such valuable treasures is worthy of censure. If the public became aware that an individual of Jeremy's age was allowed to assist in moving these coins to their new home, where no member of said public will ever be able to view them again, anyway, I'm sure there would be total bedlam. Yes, my friends, PCGS did us all a BIG favor when they anticipated the massive public outcry, and subsequently deleted Jeremy's thread. And we should ALL thank them for this.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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I heard that it was 6 to 10, with possible time off for not dipping coins.
09/07/2006
I wish I had seen the original thread. However, It was probably removed primarily for the safety of the workers involved with moving the collection (including Jeremy).
It's difficult enough to provide security for small, valuable objects when they are housed in a location as secure as the Smithsonian display. When they are being moved, the potential danger increases. There are weaknesses in the best security that a potential thief can exploit and armed robbers strike at the most vulnerable link- people. It's the same reason why armored car companies and banks like to vary their routines and routes when shipping valuables.
It may seem like overkill, but I think the folks involved with security on this collection just wanted as few details released to the public as possible until the move is complete.