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Major Theft

pufferpuffer Posts: 535
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Major Theft

Fayette County, Texas Investigators are investigating a theft of over 1000 PCGS and NGC graded gold coins valued in excess of one million dollars.

A partial listing includes:
20 - 1924 St.Gaudens NGC MS65
20 - 1927 St.Gaudens PCGS MS65
21 - 2011 $25 American Gold Eagle First Strike MS70 PCGS
22 - 2011 American Gold Eagle 4-Piece Set First Strike Set MS70 PCGS
70 - 2011 $25 American Gold Eagle First Strike MS70 PCGS
170 - 2011 $25 American Gold Eagle MS70 NGC
100 - 2011- $50 American Gold Buffalo 10z 24K MS70 Early Release NGC
111 - 2012-W $50 American Gold Eagle First Release MS70 NGC
250 - 2012 $25 American Gold Eagle MS70 NGC
20 - 2013-W $50 American Gold Eagle Early Release MS70 NGC
20 - $50 American Gold Buffalo Chicago ANA Release W/Cert PR70 NGC
The victim has certification numbers on all of the stolen coins.
Any dealer or collector having information on this offense should contact:

Lt. David Beyer
979-968-5856
or
Doug Davis
817-723-7231
Doug@numismaticcrimes.org

Comments

  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,610 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have made numerous suggestions to numismaticcrimes.org that their website include a list of certification numbers of stolen, graded coins. Without this resource there is little that dealers can do to help recover stolen coins.

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  • pufferpuffer Posts: 535
    A private eye said the same thing, that the site was "pretty unimpressive".
  • bonkroodbonkrood Posts: 796 ✭✭✭
    Some a-hole will be cracking out a lot of slabs. image
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  • rawteam1rawteam1 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭
    Sounds like an insurance scam...
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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,650 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Sounds like an insurance scam... >>




    It could be, but would the risk be worth the reward?

    Thats some serious money right there...
  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Geez !!! Not again.
    Timbuk3
  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 10,018 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Isn't there a way to possibly microdot coinage, possibly on the edge, with this being an identifying mark related to owner, Then a file could be updated with each owners name on a registry as the coin changes hands. Has this idea ever been suggested?
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  • pufferpuffer Posts: 535
    Yes the high tech solutions have been suggested but nothing has been done. I have asked private eyes about the problem of theft and they have lots of solutions they recommend in terms of prevention. It's a lot tougher after the theft. Anything melted is going to be hard to identify in terms of place of origin.
  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,610 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Perp Pic

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  • piecesofmepiecesofme Posts: 6,669 ✭✭✭
    What is someone doing with $1M in anything at their home, other than it being the home itself?
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  • vprvpr Posts: 622 ✭✭✭
    Looks like the thief didn't even bother to crack the coins out. Just took them straight to the coin shop.
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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭
    Think it was their cleaning lady? Wonder how many on the message boards (and how many multiples off these boards) have cleaning folks that see a coin or two laying out once in a while and start scheming? Crime of opportunity by the owner's carelessness.

    1000 slabs is ALOT of slabs to carry out of a house, even if they were in blue boxes.

    This would be a perfect "crack and stash" scenario if you had the smarts.
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