$250,000 Burglary In Murfreesboro, TN

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CCFPress Press Manager United States 1420 Posts	Posted 02/11/2015 3:00 pm The following is a release from the Numismatic Crime Information Center Detectives with the Murfreesboro, TN Police Department are investigating a residential burglary that resulted in the loss of over $250,000 in gold and silver coins. Partial Listing of Stolen Coins: 107 rolls Roosevelt dimes 210 rolls Mercury dimes 29 rolls Peace dollars 142 rolls Morgan dollars 210 rolls Walking Liberty half dollars 25 rolls Franklin half dollars 148 rolls Barber half dollars 16 Pacific mint silver rounds 8 Elizabeth II 5 dollar silver 1989 20 one ounce silver Eagle/Bell rounds Any Dealer or Collector with any information on this offense should contact: Det. Kerry Thorpe 615-893-2717 or Doug Davis 817-723-7231 Doug@numismaticcrimes.org Report this Post to the Staff

CPC24 Pillar of the Community United States 619 Posts	Posted 02/11/2015 7:53 pm This isn't far from where I live. Several pawn shops were busted there a couple of years ago for buying stolen gold and silver and scrapping it right away. State law makes them wait 30 days. I wonder if these thugs knew it was silver, or just tried to dump it in a Coinstar or bank. Report this Post to the Staff
CopperCastle Pillar of the Community United States 1132 Posts	Posted 02/11/2015 8:11 pm How on Earth did the crook carry 915 rolls of coins? An average box is 50 rolls, and those guys (even cents & dimes) aren't exactly light. I have issues handling 2 boxes (100 rolls) of quarters simultaneously & I'm fairly spry. Edited by CopperCastle 02/11/2015 8:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff
RtwoDtoo New Member United States 38 Posts	Posted 02/11/2015 8:33 pm That's a ton of coins to shift! It's scary to think that this happened in my town! Report this Post to the Staff
KevinH Valued Member United States 172 Posts	Posted 02/12/2015 12:52 pm Sheesh! Did they use a forklift? Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 02/12/2015 4:02 pm Residential? Wow! swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12822 Posts	Posted 02/14/2015 12:49 am Crooks are crafty, but it is surprising they went for the heavy stuff unless that was the target all along. Smells like an inside or at least well-planned job, where they knew there was time to get it all out. Let's do a little math here. Worst case, assume they were all rolls of dollars (which most of them were). 1 roll of Morgans is 20 coins at about 27g per coin. So 540g per roll. * 915 = 494kg. That's just under 1100 pounds. That's a few trips. Edited by CelticKnot 02/14/2015 12:50 am Report this Post to the Staff
NickelCollector Valued Member United States 212 Posts	Posted 02/14/2015 08:47 am And this is only partially what they took? How'd they get the rest, did they have to crash a van into the house? Report this Post to the Staff
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