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1500 Centenarios Stolen in Mexico

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49259673

Guess the recent gold prices have the robbers all hot and bothered too.

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yikes, how terrible !!! :'(

    Timbuk3
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    MilesWaitsMilesWaits Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You had me at “stolen in Mexico.”

    Now riding the swell in PM's and surf.
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    LukeMarshallLukeMarshall Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty crazy, according to the article there were two men who over powered a single guard and took his firearm.
    I would have thought the Mexican mint would have a bit more security!

    It's all about what the people want...

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    lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,875 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Investigators suspect some employees of the mint could have been involved in the raid, La Vanguardia reported.

    LCoopie = Les
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    ffcoinsffcoins Posts: 522 ✭✭✭

    Yeah, “overpowered” might be a bit of an exaggeration.

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    StorkStork Posts: 5,208 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 7, 2019 6:58AM

    Kitco version says they stuffed A backpack. That would be a pretty heavy backpack at 1.2+oz per coin and over 1500 of them. Details are sketchy as is perhaps the heist.

    https://kitco.com/news/2019-08-06/Armed-Robbers-In-Mexico-Steal-Gold-Coins-From-Government-Coin-Maker.html

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The weight issue alone makes me question this entire report...That backpack would be over 100 pounds.... not impossible though... Cheers, RickO

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    Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    The weight issue alone makes me question this entire report...That backpack would be over 100 pounds.... not impossible though... Cheers, RickO

    I dont know, I had hell of a time with my 85 pound RUCK. If that "backpack" is capable of holding 100 pounds and can be lugged around easily, I'll take two.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sure would be funny if 1500 counterfeit 1907 High Relief $20's suddenly turned up on the market!

    :)

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway ... :D With the Omega mark.......Cheers, RickO

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