"lost" pcgs pr70 washington on teletrade auction

MoneyLA

well, it seems my "lost" coin wasn't really lost. it found its way onto teletrade. please read the thread in the coin forum, cheers alan mendelson

link to the forum thread

supercoin

Wow, that's great!

Likely the crook realized he had a valuable coin, and couldn't remove it from the slab to "launder" it without losing the value.

I take back everything bad I've ever said about a PR70.

Spooly

Very cool!

Bcsican

Thats a story with an ending we like to see, good to that the members on this forum also have a watch out for each other...

Collector

congrats alan..let us know what the auction company does to get your coin back to you!!

r,
Paul

MoneyLA

actually the coin is now the property of the us postal service -- they paid me the insurance claim. cheers, alan

Flash

If you wanted the coin back after it is retrieved by the Postal Service you will probably just have to repay them what you received on the claim. Do you want it back?




Matt

MoneyLA

Dont want it back. If you recall, I was sending it back to PCGS for their "guarantee service" because I thought it was no longer a pr70 because of spotting.

the ironic thing is that the postal service will probably put this coin in an online auction after it is "recovered."

cheers, alan

DHeath

Alan,

I'm delighted at your news. I have lost 3 submissions in the last 6 mos, and hope the USPS solves the problem once and for all.

howie08

Does anyone know why PCGS doesn't use a street address instead of a PO Box , so we could send our stuff by means other than USPS ?
Although , I've heard UPS is doing PO Boxes now. Thanks !! Keep us informed as to whether they find the people that took your coin.

supercoin

Last I knew (it's been a couple years) PCGS had a special street address for FedEx deliveries if you want to use them.

quattrocoins

Hey Alan,
Isn't this exciting?!? One of the many advantages of being a member, here!
Much Kudos to osirisMMII!!!
I hope that this helps arouse your interest again!
I think that you should get the coin back (returning the insurance payment, of course). This coin is gettin' quite the pedegree!!!
Keep us up to date with the investigation.


Best Regards,

Don

grip

Glad to hear all worked out well.Now i can throw away coin #7728012 as found.Al

python1

Hey Alan,
glad you found it!
It is a great day when the crook is caught! I was talking to the postmaster the other day about everyone losing coins at pcgs PO box, and he passed on my thoughts to his superiors. I told him it had to be inside job going on, he agreed. This is exciting! Good job to OSIRISMMII!

etexmike

I just love happy endings. Another job well done and congrats to all the members here who were involved with the great coin hunt.

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etexmike

MoneyLA

I would be happy to furnish anyone who has had shipments lost to PCGS with the inspecitors direct phone line, He in fact wants to get more info as part of his probe. Please PM me for it.

One caveat: if raw coins are involved in your loss they are probably not traceable. what makes the pr70 case so interesting to them is that the coin never left its slab with the "known" cert number and therefore is very traceable.

By the way, I told the inspector about this site and the message boards and he will be looking in for more info about lost shipments.

cheers, alan mendelson

keoj

Alan:

I may have missed the full story on who stole the coin? Can you fill us in on the whole story when the authorities are done? Thanks.

keoj

MoneyLA

teletrade auction has started and the site says the coin is not available for bidding. cheers, alan mendelson