Just came across this story ... "Michael Creusy from ABC Numismatique, a Lyon-based coin shop, has informed us about a tragic theft. The family, who has been in the coin business for more than forty years, was on their way home from the bi-annual numismatic coin show in Paris on March 15, 2014 when they were robbed their complete merchandise of ancient and modern coins worth over 1 million euros. Allegedly two men are being suspected and also linked to thefts of rare coins at Crinon and Poinsignon during this Paris coin show." (Source - click to read more) The stolen coins are listed here: http://www.numismeo.com/en/47-stolen-march-2014 Christian
What a shame, but where can the thiefs pawn these coins without getting caught? Unless they have a collector who is willing to buy them and enjoy them in private. Sort of like high end stolen artwork. It has to be hard to get rid of safely. Hopefully, someone is watching all the coin venues for any to show up (including on-line).
