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Package En Route To Chattanooga, TN Goes Missing

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The package sent registered mail arrived in Atlanta and then showed en route to Chattanooga, TN. However,the recipient never received the package.

The coins are described as follows;

1817 Newcomb 2 (attributed) PCGS 63 BN Secure Plus Cert 29664182
1819 Newcomb 8 raw and graded AU58
1828 Newcomb 6 raw and graded VF35
1847 Newcomb 27 raw and graded MS60+
1851/81 Newcomb 3 raw and graded AU58
1854 Newcomb 30 raw and graded 15 Net 12
1857 Newcomb 1 raw and graded MS60

Any dealer with information should contact:

Doug Davis
817-723-7231
Doug@numismaticcrimes.org
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Stolen Coins Recovered

On July 7, 2014 the Numismatic Crime Information Center sent out an e-mail crime alert regarding the missing/stolen report of 7 early copper coins from a United States Postal Service shipment. Two days later a dealer contacted NCIC and advised that he possibly had bought coins matching the description of those stolen. Due to the quick actions of several dealer's all seven coins have been recovered.
The U.S. Postal Inspectors are conducting an on-going investigation.
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Now all that remains is for the perps to get their punishment.
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FANTASTIC!!

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From what I understand, registered mail is signed in and out by individual postal workers and locked in vaults when in a post office. I'm very interested to hear how these precautions might have been circumvented.
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A friend of mine, a fellow EAC member, was one of the victims of this theft. He asked me to post the following statement of thanks:

"Thanks for posting this. These were my coins that had gone missing from USPS Insured Registered Mail. They were being sent/returned to me. Many thanks to Doug Davis for getting the word out as soon as he did after I had notified him that something may be amiss at the Post Office - a gut feeling. The coins were located in a matter of days after my contacting Doug. These coins were very rare and of significant value. Without Doug's quick action and the cooperation of some fellow dealers â€" of whom happened to be good friends and knew what I specialized in, these coins would probably have been lost to me, forever. Fortunately all were found (and positively identified), but now they are in the custody of the USPS OIG as evidence pending an investigation into the theft and possible criminal action. The investigation is ongoing so I cannot convey (nor do I have access to) much information at this time except to say I at least now know where they reside - hopefully for a shorter than longer duration."



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