Stolen Coins :(

I put stuff that's valuable under my seat and then throw my jacket or a jacket on it and make it look messy. When someone is looking to rob into a car, they don't usually mess with dirty ones. I would say if you really wanted to go the extra way, hide stuff in your trunk under the mat where the spare tire is...lol.

Not a bad idea. Silver should wear down better. The eagles even more so, compared to 90% and 40% with their added copper.

The first weekend we were in our new house some kids went through the neighborhood going through cars. This was like the only time we ever left our cars unlocked as we were moving and just beat from all the work. The kids took an ipod out of my truck and left a $1500 G.I. Joe figure and probably about $60 worth of change out of the ashtray. I noticed as I woke up and called the cops. They showed up and we activated the stolen mode on the ipod an it led them right to the kids house. So the one thing they took was the thing that busted them.

As far as the restaurant being liable, that's a tough one. I know with a lot of shopping plazas the business doesn't own the parking lot. If they decide to act, they can open themselves up to lawsuits. It's the world we live in nowadays were everyone is so lawsuit happy the corporate lawyers have devised all sorts of devious ways to keep the business safe from those lawsuits.

Since I just bought the coins knew the dates and stuff. It's unusual stuff and combo in this area so I let the local pawn shop owners and coin shops I knew what went missing and pictures since I'm OCD. Probally won't lead to anything but made me feel better gave the detectives number to them.

I will tell you from experience, a lot of thieves, will actually avoid firearms. After a beak-in I asked the police about this. It just makes it that much easier to track the crime, cause if they shave the serials, that is going to raise a lot of red flags, and itself can have penalties if caught; and if they don't shave them and are caught, then they can be linked directly to being in possession of a stolen gun.

Sorry to hear about this. As others have said, you are fortunate that that's all that was taken.


That especially sucks. One's pocket piece is like an old, trustworthy friend that's always by your side. My first one was also a Bicentennial Ike (Denver, type 1). Accidently spent it at the LCS, of all places, last year. Wish I still had it.

I have several extra Unc. Type 1 Bicentennial Ikes in my stash. I'll be happy to send you a new one if you like.

Didn't you also mention in some other thread at some point that you were thinking of switching to something silver anyway? Maybe this is now the time to do that.

https://goccf.com/t/191423

This was him.

The worst part of coin collection robberies is what happens to the coins. In many instances the crooks do not have the vaguest idea of what to do with coins. So they either roll them or just dump into a coin counter somewhere. Very few make it to a coin store or pawn shop. Yes some do but seldom. And in most instances if it's a pawn shop, those coins are hidden and sold to only persons known. This too is why so many people find coins in rolls from a bank. Many criminals just take the coins out of any holders, place in a bag and take to a bank. If stolen by kids, many times those coins are just spent as coins. Not many police organizations are out there looking for stolen coins.