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Rest in Peace
United States
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There are much worse losses than coins with addiction.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Amen.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Such a sad story ... on many different levels
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Pillar of the Community
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Unfortunately this is not the first time I have seen this type of article. I am so sad for the father and the son - can you imagine Thanksgiving next week? |
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United States
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know the situation sucks from a collectors point of view but the mainstream media story doesn't add up.  $8,000 in coins net $60 in a Coinstar machine. Coinstar kicks out silver. They did mention "Authorities have video of Rinaldi at the CoinStar machine and say that many of the coins that were not rejected by the machine because of their silver content have been recovered. Police don't know where the rejected coins ended up." So either the bulk of the heist was silver which current where abouts are currently unknown or the collection was mainly Wheat Cents and Buffalo's and Statehood Quarters and the $8K was for insurance purposes. And even a crappy Sentry fire safe would have prevented the theft unless the threat of physical violence was made to open it. Edited by jack jeckel
11/20/2016 11:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I noticed the article was not making sense also.
Perhaps some higher grade early wheat cents and nicer buffaloes would add up but the reporting is confusing.
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Pillar of the Community
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This is such a sad story on so many levels. Quote:
And even a crappy Sentry fire safe would have prevented the theft unless the threat of physical violence was made to open it. Given that we're talking about a son living at home with his dad, I guess that wouldn't have made any difference. Or has the general distrust towards others in the USA also impacted direct family relations now? Over here I know exactly where the safe of my in-laws is, for example, and how to open it in case of an emergency. I guess the $8000 was merely insurance value, or the man had a few key dates in his collection. If the bulk of the non-silver coins was recovered, and $60 was paid out, then I guess we're mainly talking regular change in the non-silver department. The reject tray must have flooded if there was indeed a lot of silver to be found and $8000 was the average value. Either that, or we're talking about a hardcore fan of the Franklin Mint here. |
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Or has the general distrust towards others in the USA...? What gives you the impression that this is true? I've not seen a "general distrust towards others in the USA". Granted, I live in the Midwest, maybe things are different on the coasts. But the vast majority of people I've come across are very trusting. Often too trusting and easy marks for scammers and con-men...and drug addicted sons. P.S. I love your signature. Hopefully it doesn't severely reduce the number of CCF's German speaking members! 
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11/24/2016 11:19 am
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New Member
United States
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I think I heard a story like this (maybe this exact one) during dinner today. What a coincidence that I found the thread for it.
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Valued Member
Canada
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sad to what low some people will sink to feed there habit
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Valued Member
Canada
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I also remember years ago when I was visting my parents a neighbor of my parents told me something that gave me a chill, they said their grand children spent some old silver coins of theirs and these turn out to be very scarce and worth a lot in in the very worst grade.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wanted to post this but didn't want to start a new topic:
When visiting a local coin shop this week there was a lady looking through all the shop's jewelry for items that were stolen from her by a cleaning service employee. The shop owner was surprisingly helpful and genuinely felt bad for the lady that had lost all her jewelry. The lady said she was checking all the jewelers, coin shops, and cash for gold buyers in the area hoping to recover some her stuff. The cleaning lady had indeed sold some stuff to local shops/buyers recently and was on the radar in some possibly suspect transactions but none of the items the above victim had lost had been located. Have to wonder how many victims there were of this cleaning service employee that haven't yet come forward.
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A good reason to clean your own house.  |
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Posted 11/18/2016 6:34 pm
