Reward"- Offered for Missing 1795 Small Eagle $5

mrearlygold

REWARD



A $5,000 REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE RECOVERY OF A 1795 SMALL EAGLE NGC MS62 #1948078-003

LOST BY FEDEX SEPTEMBER 23rd. THE COIN WAS LAST SCANNED AT THE

MEMPHIS FEDEX LOCATION.

Anyone with information should contact:

Jeff Garrett

859-396-4505

or

Doug Davis

817-723-7231

lasvegasteddy

any chances you have professional quality images

not that many unc 1795 small eagles are likely to appear but...identifying characteristics could aide if it's no longer in a holder

lordmarcovan

Yikes. That's what, a $125K coin?

Just the reward on it is worth more than twice what my most valuable coin is.

I hope it is found, and the thieves (if it was stolen) are brought to justice.

Kyle

<< <i>any chances you have professional quality images

not that many unc 1795 small eagles are likely to appear but...identifying characteristics could aide if it's no longer in a holder >>

mrearlygold

<< <i>any chances you have professional quality images

not that many unc 1795 small eagles are likely to appear but...identifying characteristics could aide if it's no longer in a holder >>




I've made suggestions. I received only an image within the body of the email ( not an attachment )


Kyle how did you capture the image?

coindudeonebay

That coin looks quite PL.

ScarsdaleCoin

One of my favorite coins and not run of the mill so hopefully it will turn up if it walks into a shop or coinshow

AKFlyer

Painful thread

BAJJERFAN

Yet another reason to use registered mail. Security trumps speed every time in my book, esp. when it's my $$$ on the line.

CoinWW2

That coin is beautiful. I hope you find it!

telephoto1

Nice piece. Too unique to be easily fenced, so assuming it was stolen, I'm betting it is "found" at some point now that there's a reward in place.
That said, don't give up hope just yet that it hasn't simply been misdirected and is sitting on a shelf at a FedEx hub someplace.

We just finished hassling with a somewhat fragile $4300 item that I decided to send insured priority mail rather than Registered to minimize time in transit. It was headed from IL to OH but went from IL to the wrong OH town to PA, on to Virginia (?) where it finally was scanned into the system again, then back to a different PA hub and then finally to the proper destination. This was a USPS deal. Start to finish was about 4 weeks on something that should have arrived in two to three days.

BAJJERFAN

<< <i>Nice piece. Too unique to be easily fenced, so assuming it was stolen, I'm betting it is "found" at some point now that there's a reward in place.
That said, don't give up hope just yet that it hasn't simply been misdirected and is sitting on a shelf at a FedEx hub someplace.

We just finished hassling with a somewhat fragile $4300 item that I decided to send insured priority mail rather than Registered to minimize time in transit. It was headed from IL to OH but went from IL to the wrong OH town to PA, on to Virginia (?) where it finally was scanned into the system again, then back to a different PA hub and then finally to the proper destination. This was a USPS deal. Start to finish was about 4 weeks on something that should have arrived in two to three days. >>



That one made registered look like warp speed. What gets me too is when tracking shows that it's still in the sender's possession [that is USPS has been notified] when in reality it is somewhere in transit and it shows up on a day when you really weren't expecting it.

Kyle

<< <i>Kyle how did you capture the image? >>


The image was posted on another forum that I visit.

telephoto1

<< <i>

<< <i>Nice piece. Too unique to be easily fenced, so assuming it was stolen, I'm betting it is "found" at some point now that there's a reward in place.
That said, don't give up hope just yet that it hasn't simply been misdirected and is sitting on a shelf at a FedEx hub someplace.

We just finished hassling with a somewhat fragile $4300 item that I decided to send insured priority mail rather than Registered to minimize time in transit. It was headed from IL to OH but went from IL to the wrong OH town to PA, on to Virginia (?) where it finally was scanned into the system again, then back to a different PA hub and then finally to the proper destination. This was a USPS deal. Start to finish was about 4 weeks on something that should have arrived in two to three days. >>



That one made registered look like warp speed. What gets me too is when tracking shows that it's still in the sender's possession [that is USPS has been notified] when in reality it is somewhere in transit and it shows up on a day when you really weren't expecting it. >>



I can tell you how that often happens (showing only "USPS has been notified" until you actually get the item). The shipper prints the label and then simply puts it in a slot or mailbox at the PO rather than walking it in and having the teller scan it into the system. Unless this is done, the item many times doesn't get scanned until it hits the destination PO, or, quite often, not until the mail carrier scans it before handing it to you. Many POs are notorious for not scanning items, particularly bigger, busier regional hubs. Even if you print your own labels, you should walk in the package and have them scan it. It will show up as "Accepted" or "Acceptance" so your buyer will know you actually shipped the piece. This simple act saved us from having a major issue with the buyer of the aforementioned $4300 item, who was obviously upset but realized that the delays were due to USPS incompetence and not ours. I'm just glad the piece ( a rare early photographic image in a fragile gutta percha case) wasn't damaged.