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3 Men Convicted In The Theft Of Ancient Celtic Gold Coins From A German Museum (Manching)

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Three men were convicted Tuesday in the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a German museum in 2022 and handed prison sentences ranging up to 11 years.



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Most of the stolen treasure is still missing, but investigators found lumps of gold on one of the suspects when he was arrested that appear to have resulted from part of the treasure being melted down.

11 years is not long enough for stealing history.

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Didn't recover all the coins. The thieves had melted many into ingots.
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Nooooo! Well goodbye to some of those gold coins.
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Didn't recover all the coins. The thieves had melted many into ingots.
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Link not working - not sure if on my end or.......
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The link has a string in it that matches an ebay auction link, so I had to do some magic to fix it.

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The link has a string in it that matches an ebay auction link, so I had to do some magic to fix it.

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11 years is not long enough for stealing history.


Even worse, some of 'em got only 4 years and 9 months.

Thanks for fixing that link, jbuck.
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I cannot understand how any person can do something like this to something so historic. I think there should be nothing short of life at hard labor for deliberately destroying something this historic. It is so barbaric (apologies to real barbarians for the insulting comparison!) It's a permanent loss to all mankind.
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Even worse, some of 'em got only 4 years and 9 months.


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Thanks for fixing that link, jbuck.
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