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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by wheatguy
10/14/2009 7:54 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I feel bad for him too! But what was he thinking leaving that kind of collection in his car while he spent an hour in a restaurant? I think most of us, if we were in that situation would have drove through McDonalds or something!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Horrible! I was reading a few of the comments after the article and one person mentioned that it is pretty foolish to leave millions of dollars worth of coins in a vehicle to go into a restaurant. I have never dealt in rare coins, but back in the baseball card boom days of the early 90's I was a weekend sportscard dealer with a pretty decent sized inventory. You can only eat at drive-thru's so many times! You tried to do what Mr Leidman did and park where you could see the vehicle, but if you are followed, there is only so much that you can do, except head straight home or to your hotel.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I keep trying to teach my Chinese friends, 'there is a vulture, somewhere, watching your business more closely than you'.
This is an example.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
533 Posts |
That's heartbreaking to read. I would be sick if my collection was stolen and it's not even worth 20 grand. I can't help but think a large show would tend to draw all types of unsavory characters who look for this kind of "opportunity." I hope that catch the person and that the items get recovered.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Rare coins estimated to be worth millions of dollars were stolen from the car of a renowned Maryland dealer when he stopped in Pine Brook for dinner on his way home from a coin show. I would gather somebody followed him from the show, supposing they would get an opportunity when he stopped? Dealers I know watch out for stolen collections and I hope these thieves are caught. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This sounds like a con job to me....noone with any brains would leave that amount of valuables in a vehicle unattended....If he puts in an insurance claim,the Insurance company should investigate this vigorously,before handing out any cash
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Julian Leidman is a very knowledgeable, long time, high end dealer and a decent guy from what I know of him. It is suspected that he had a tracking device placed on his vehicle, there have been several other dealers targeted in that manner in the past couple years.
Edit: Frazzle- do not smear the reputation of someone when you have no idea who they are...
Edited by biokemist6
10/14/2009 9:34 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I doubt it's a con job! This is a well known dealer who had (past tense) alot of valuable hard to replace coins. It was an error on his part leaving them unattended. A very costly error!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WOW, That is an incredible amount $$$ in coins to carry in a car period. I think I might of hired an armored escort from the show to the vault! Hope these rats are caught. Who ever tries to sell the "great rarities" as they are called most likely will be caught as they are very rare and easily recognized by a large number of people.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah I was really surprised as I read the article. When I leave coins in the car, I'm afraid of leaving $50 worth of coins, let alone millions! I guess it was partly his fault, but I hope he gets the coins back and the thieves are caught.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 with biokemist! Julian Leidman has been involved in the hobby for many years and is very well respected. The number of dealers willing to put up money toward the reward is a testament to that. No "con job" here, just a very sad and unfortunate incident. |
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Valued Member
United States
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This really stinks. Hopefully they catch the thief and get the coins back.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Something is wrong here though. If this person is a long time dealer he should really know about criminals following dealers and customers from coin shows. It is really common and if there really was that large amount in that car, then as a long time dealer that just doesn't make sense. Many, many dealers I know have a security guard walk them to their cars after a show. They then watch the parking lot to see if anyone follows them out. Most dealers have a system where they stop by a police station on the way home for a few minutes. Some drive around the area for a while to see if being followed. And these are dealers with a lot less than was claimed here as stolen. Possibly all is true about this story but it all just doesn't make sense. With the economy being so poor and all kinds of robberies and home invasions on the increase for a professional coin dealer to leave that amount in a car after a coin show, HMMMMMMM.
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Many, many dealers I know have a security guard walk them to their cars after a show. I know a few that always ship their coins to the show, then ship them back. |
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United States
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"With the economy being so poor and all kinds of robberies and home invasions on the increase for a professional coin dealer to leave that amount in a car after a coin show, HMMMMMMM."
I'm all way's skeptical of claims like this, especially when that someone is way too clean.
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Posted 10/14/2009 8:05 pm
