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Valued Member
United States
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Sad as it is. Does give more point to coin roll hunting. Who knows how often Little Jimmy swipes a quarter from Uncle Joe's coin collection to have enough to buy some bubble gum or something and Uncle Joe just thinks he misplaced it like one of his marbles  . I know I would never have known to look for valuable coins in common coin locations until I started collecting. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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When I posted that I wouldn't have known what to do, I meant at the first glance. If somebody hands me a pile of classic silver coins to pay for pizza I would be calling the police station as soon as I recovered from the initial shock.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I just read the story. So all you have to do to evade arrest is to be pregnant  C'mon at thief is a thief pregnant or not and should feel the full weight of the law |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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When I posted that I wouldn't have known what to do, I meant at the first glance. If somebody hands me a pile of classic silver coins to pay for pizza I would be calling the police station as soon as I recovered from the initial shock. And possibly face a law suite. Although people that know the value of coins think the entire world also knows, try to remember that the MAJORITY of people have little to no idea that some coins sare more valuable than others. Just how many people know the value of an old table? The value of an oil painting? No the average person wouldn't buy the Mona Liza for $10 since to many, just a painting of a lady. Same with coins. There are possibly millions of people with jars, cans, boxes, etc. of old coins on a shelf at home. SToring for a rainy day. Then one day they use them in washing machines, pop vending machines, buying a pizza, etc. If you had them arrested you would possibly end up in court. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wouldn't pay $10 for the Mona Lisa either, since the French cops would just take it away from me.
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Valued Member
United States
80 Posts |
I guess this could be seen as an argument to collect lower denomination coins, because the face value now is so low that you can't buy anything with them.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I guess this could be seen as an argument to collect lower denomination coins, because the face value now is so low that you can't buy anything with them.
Oddly enough people just don't really know how or where to shop. For an example I remember when I was a kid a loaf of bread was about $0.10. Today there are stores connected to bakeries that sell the overruns for not much more than that. Kmart used to be famous for their blue light specials where they would clean out areas for less than they paid for items. Used to get shoes for $1 that way. They don't do that anymore though. And if you go to flea markets, gun shows, coin shows, computer shows, electronic shows, etc. some items are massively less than any store. At all coin shows I always ask dealers for any old Albums and sometimes I get piles of them free. Yes you still can get things for small amounts but you have to know how, where and when. One lady wrote a book on couponing. She was on TV and claimed she fed a family of four for $11/week. |
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One lady wrote a book on couponing. She was on TV and claimed she fed a family of four for $11/week. Theres a bunch of those extreme coupon shows on now. Theyll literally buy thousands of dollars worth of food for free basically and sometimes the store will even owe them money at the end. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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^ that or foreign coins... What kind of irresponsible person has a 9-month pregnant girlfriend, in need of cash, and then spend his cents at the movies and pizza parlor? This guy needs to be re-educated pretty fast.
Agreed, not a very fast-witted thief. Most crimes come from open opportunities (lucky open case, for instance). But a crime is a crime and it doesn't matter how "low" it is. Fraud is stealing, and murder is murder with a gun or poison or a push into a train - they should all be treated equally. Worse yet are countries that protect minors like Canada and Brasil. In Canada if you're a minor and accused of a major crime your name doesn't appear in the papers or police reports even if it's a serious crime like a weapons charge or murder. The public should be allowed to know who's irresponsibly toting guns. I hate our laws that slap criminals on the wrist. [lol/rant]
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United States
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And possibly face a law suite. I hate to disagree but calling the cops to have them check something like this out is in no way setting yourself up for a lawsuit. I have seen and heard it being done many times with odd denominations younger generation doesn't know exists so this would be no different |
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Valued Member
Brazil
117 Posts |
If they knew the coins were rare and spent them for face value, then they are very stupid
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Pillar of the Community
United States
624 Posts |
It's sad that people will prey on the innocent. I find that it's becoming more and more difficult to be completely trusting of people when it comes to items of value. Contrary to most, I don't think this is a new phenomenon, this kind of predatory behavior has been around forever. It's just more widely reported and in some cases the 'social stigma' for this behavior has become more 'tolerant.' I fight the urge to be cynical in situations like this, but when it comes to people you don't know, I suppose you use the 'trust, but verified' parastroika approach.
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Canada
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What kind of irresponsible person has a 9-month pregnant girlfriend, in need of cash, and then spend his cents at the movies and pizza parlor? you just described 99% of the criminal population. sadly his jail time will be over before his kids first birthday & he will get out of changing poopy diapers for a couple of months. |
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Valued Member
United States
373 Posts |
When my dad was a teenager in the 50's, he ran the school candy store, which meant a lot of change passed through his hands. He saved out all the "obsolete" silver coins he found, and ended up with a nice collection of circulated Barber coins. They were stolen in a break-in around 1980. The police said that the thief probably just spent them at face value. They also said that even if they received a tip from a merchant, they couldn't arrest anyone, because it isn't illegal to spend valid money and because there was no way to identify the coins as my dad's. I suppose that suggests that it is worth taking good photos of ones coins for just such a situation - although whether the police would compare the recovered coins to the photos is not certain. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
592 Posts |
This is either the smartest thing the robber could have done or the dumbest. We all know why it's the dumbest, but honestly, spending them for face would probably be the only way the robber could have gotten anything out of them before being caught.
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Posted 09/21/2012 10:23 pm
