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Valued Member
Canada
495 Posts |
CBC reported a coin collector in Woodstock NB was robbed of his 30 year collection of coins and papermoney. He got a phone call requesting he rush to the hospital asap and while he was away thieves broke in and made off with the collection. Too many people were aware of his collection in this small community I guess and a thief is a thief no matter where they reside. I pity him
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1118 Posts |
He lives out in Richmond Corner, My aunt knows him.
I seen the hand written signs offering a 1k reward for any information leading to an arrest posted in the Irving.
His mother is in her mid 90's so his heart was in his throat when he got the call to go to the hospital (there is no time to explain, get up here!). When he got home he found his back door crow barred in.
It is absolutely sickening what happened to Gordon!
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Valued Member
Canada
261 Posts |
Thieves are bad enough but it takes a special kind of despicable to do this, like the lowlifes who read the obits then rob the house while everyone's at the funeral.
Feel bad for this guy and hope someone gets to collect the reward.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
This is exactly the reason why it's good to use a certain amount of discretion...
I feel for this individual I really really do.. but we should learn a few things from this.
1) We should be very careful on who we tell about holding valuables... that includes our coin collections.. it just makes you a target. 2) Security is very important. I'm guessing that in this small community that the thief knows their victim in this case. They knew if they called saying it was the hospital they would get a reaction. But if you put the most valuable items in a safe deposit box, or at least in a concealed place (safe) in the home.
The one thing that I say was a good thing is that these thieves at least wanted the owner out of the house. Home invasions are a far more intrusive and darker criminal act.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
867 Posts |
yeah, and he's in for another brutal experience dealing with the disinterested RCMP
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote: Price did manage to get back a 1954 $50 bill his mother had given him. It turned up at the bank. The lowlife apparently is going around town spending it.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3690 Posts |
Curious. If he could prove that the $50 was his and that it had been stolen, would the bank then be in possession of stolen goods and be forced to forfeit it to the police? And did the collector knowingly purchase a stolen item from the bank?
Yes I suspect that would be difficult to show ownership of the note but for the sake of discussion let's assume he could prove it.
Or, are there special laws governing stolen banknotes and coins? I suppose at the root of that question would be the notion of banknotes as tangible property.
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Valued Member
Canada
261 Posts |
Quote: Price did manage to get back a 1954 $50 bill his mother had given him. It turned up at the bank.  That's a fairly distinctive looking bill, being orange and all, you'd think someone remembers who passed it and maybe there's security video of them.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1118 Posts |
He kept a meticulous log of his collection. For the sake of argument he does proves it is his and the bank has it, wouldn't they say it is property of the crown?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
867 Posts |
Trust me, the cops don;t care.....do you think they are going to stop catching speeders and actually do some detective work? And the prosecutors won't look at it, unless they have a 99.9% chance of conviction, otherwise they may tarnish their reputations with an acquittal.
It's part of the war on hard currency by our governments, that began with going off the gold standard and introducing inflation into our money supply.
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Valued Member
Canada
174 Posts |
Its just stupid why people do stuff like this, and insurance and cops dont help. I fell bad for him. I'mkinda starting to get worried to, it can happen to anyone of us, but what do you do after it happens, start from scratch or stop altogether.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote: Trust me, the cops don;t care..... IMHO, this is a most unfair statement to make. While I was not a cop, I did work in the criminal justice system. As such, I had routine contact with officers in many departments and at many levels. Police officers have to ideally, in the course of their work, display objectivity in their demeanor. Being objective, deductive and the like can easily give one the appearance of being uncaring. Maintaining objectivity in the face of what officers daily encounter is no easy task. Consider too, that officers are challenged to walk this emotional tightrope in both their professional and their personal lives. No easy task, that, in the face of often accusatory and angry victims; this, not to mention the revolving door judicial system that all too often bows to repeat offenders. Of course, there are cops that don't care, as you say, but such a patently unfair claim can target any group of professionals who have specialized duties to perform. In the course of my work, contacting police officers, I found that the great majority of police officers did care and often went above and beyond their call of duty to address the needs of victims. One simple case in point that I recall was ... One city cop I knew used to carry a roll of nickels in his pocket. Rather than issue a parking citation, he'd plug a meter. The local merchants loved that guy. So, cops don't care?
Edited by ExoGuy 03/28/2015 10:29 am
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Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
Everyone hates cops until you need one. Then all a sudden they are the nicest guys.
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Moderator
 United States
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Quote: Everyone hates cops until you need one. Then all a sudden they are the nicest guys. Quote for truth. A sad truth.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1795 Posts |
I do feel for him but it brings to mind the less people know the better about ones collection the bette. I know we are all collectors here but do we really know if there are some shady people here that only want to take advantage. Not to hard to find people (names addresses etc.) through the internet. Man I hate to say that but in this world all is possible...just listen to what I call the World of Bad News on TV. Its a shame because there are many good people in this world.
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