$100K worth of dimes swiped from truck in Philly

Apparently the truck on its way from the US Mint to Florida spent the night in a Walmart parking lot when the thieves hit it. See the link.

Cal

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dime-thief-truck-750000-coins-philadelphia-rcna79669

 

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They must have used a forklift or something. And you would need a pretty big getaway vehicle

 

14,187.5 pounds.

 

Yeah the guy driving the truck went to his house to get some sleep came back and bam they said there was 750,000 worth what I don't get is why they would let him park in a empty parking lot

 

They're going to be rolling dimes for years to get them all deposited. It's not like you can buy a new car and show up with a wheelbarrow of dimes.

 

Unreal but not unbelievable. They need to put dye packs in certain ones. That would make them a little red and not see for a bit from the burning of the red dye packs. Like tear gas.

 

They will be ignorant and try bring to banks and stores to coin machines etc.

 

Yeah. And if they were leaving the Philadelphia mint, why park it somewhere else IN Philly with lower security. The shipment might as well just have stayed at the mint that night.
I'd assume there will be one or more people fired over this.

 

Wow! That's a lot of "Parking lot" coins!!

 

It's not a big surprise to me. Philly is getting to be a dangerous place to live and work in.

Walmart does allow trucks, campers and such to use their lots for temporary parking. The driver had probably planned to get on the road very early instead of driving all night.

Bruce

 

Show your work?

I figure $100K worth of dimes is a million coins, each weighing 2.268g. That's 2.268 metric tons, or about 2.5 US tons.

 

Wow....somehow I don't believe I am living up to my name.

 

Really good chance these guys will be caught:

1. Based on weight of loot, had to be multiple thieves involved. At least one will run his mouth about it, or greed will cause them to try to cash their share early.
2. As others noted, had to be some heavy equipment involved. If any was rented or borrowed, that may lead to the bad guys.
3. Most Walmarts have video cams mounted high that monitor the entire outside area.
4. As others noted, cashing the dimes at face value will be a give away unless done a little at a time over a span of years. The thieves probably don’t have that much patience.

The thieves obviously did some real planning for carrying out the heist but remains to be seen if they will clever about cashing in on the loot.

And, geez, I expected better security by the Mint and its haulers. At a minimum:
1. two drivers and at least one to stay with the truck at all times.
2. alarm or video system for the trailer doors.
Lucky the thieves didn’t start the semi or detach the trailer and drive off with the whole load.

Cal

 

I'm picturing a couple guys driving a small forklift with a pallet of dimes up to the Coinstar at their local Walmart.

 

My local news said it was $200,000 in dimes.

 

I remember when you could ‘drop a dime ‘ on a crook. If that load shifts...

 

It’s common practice for a tractor trailer to park overnight in a large parking lot. Especially if they are near an interstate with no truck or rest stops. Usually the driver is sleeping in the cab.

 

Not that it is connected at all, nor am I suggesting a connection, but.......it is funny as hell that L&C Coins sent out an email touting a Dime sale ending Sunday.

(Somebody should talk to the marketing dept., about how to avoid an FBI enquiry)

 

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