Anyone else see the story about "The Great Coin Heist" in Reader's Digest this month?

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• SFDukie Posts: 618 ✭

  March 9, 2005 9:03AM

  Can you give us the outline of the heist?
  
  

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• dorkbar Posts: 427 ✭✭✭

  March 9, 2005 9:33AM

  Forget the story--what are ya doing reading the Readers Digest??

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• CoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭

  March 9, 2005 9:42AM

  
  
  << <i>Forget the story--what are ya doing reading the Readers Digest?? >>
  
  
  
  
  
  Well....er.....umm....

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• Bochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 9, 2005 9:50AM

  It's the wife's!
  He only looks at the pictures!
  Temporary insanity?

  I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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• CoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭

  March 9, 2005 10:05AM

  
  
  << <i>Can you give us the outline of the heist? >>
  
  
  
  
  Well, it's about a Palm Beach attorney, Harold Gray and his nearly 37 year long search to recover the coins stolen from his client, Willis H. duPont, 7,000 coins in total, including a 1866 "no motto" silver dollar.
  
  To quote:
  
  "Gone were 7,000 coins including the famous 1866 "no motto" set, the prized Linderman and Cohen 1804 silver dollar, and a number of gold coins struck by private and territorial mints. One of the more notable specimens of the latter was a token from the Colonial days, the "brasher doubloon" of 1787."
  
  
  It's a 5 page article and as I said, it's an interesting read.

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• CoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭

  March 10, 2005 1:30AM

  
  
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  << <i>Forget the story--what are ya doing reading the Readers Digest?? >>
  
  
  
  
  
  Well....er.....umm.... >>
  
  
  
  
  
  Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go pour myself a glass of prune juice!

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• Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭

  March 10, 2005 3:30AM

  There was an aricle about the 1866 No Motto dollar in The Numismatist last summer. It was sitting in a drawer in Maine for many years, and was discovered when the person possessing the coin took it to ANR for an evaluation.
  
  I don't recall the details of the story, but I belive the dollar made its way back to the DuPont estate.

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• photog Posts: 242 ✭✭

  March 10, 2005 4:07AM

  The 1866 was returned to the rightful owner, and it is now on display with the rest of the set it belonged to. It was a RUSH to hold that coin! To see it in person, after figuring it was gone forever- simply incredible. And the dumb luck of mine to work here and be part of it all. At our website is a story about it all:
  http://www.anrcoins.com/cnArc_JantoApr04.aspx#stolencoin
  
  Jenna
  ANR

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• Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭

  March 10, 2005 4:20AM

  Link to 1866 No Motto Dollar Story

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