STOLEN-- 100+ Godless Dollars...UPDATE

Well, I was hoping it wouldn't come to this, but I have found out who stole my 125 or so Godless Dollars. As many of you stated, there was a high probability that it was someone I knew.....Well, It was my sister. I don't want to go in to too much detail, but she told the dealer that I had given them to her because we were "really close" and because she was in "financial trouble." When I first started describing my situation to the lady at the coin shop, she actually stated, "oh, you're the kid from Jacksonville."....

I really cannot believe it, and now I have to confront her about it....I am guesstimating that the value was about $10,000 because many of the coins were "triple errors" which I now have none of because they were all stolen. So finally I got some closure, but now I'll have to see if I can actually get my money back.....

 

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May the Lords guiding hand help you in this difficult situation...

Take Care
Ben

 

I'm sorry to hear that. I really hope you're able to recoup some of your loss while maintaining a good relationship with your sister.

Best of luck.

 

I would sue her..no doubt about it. You already have a verification witness.

 

I'm sorry to hear that. Good luck with whatever you decide to do about it.

 

I don't think I'm going to sue my sister o.o.....That wouldn't be all that great for our relationship...I'll tell her what i know and threaten to contact the police if she doesn't pay up....

 

Yeah, and the rest of the family will blame him!
Even tho she is the crook.

Been there, he'll lose no matter what.
And if you sue her, what does she have to pay him with?

 

I sure hope that you can get some, if not all, of your money back. I know I would be extremely upset. It would take me alot of thinking to come to a conclusion about what to do. It really depends how much you value your relationship with her because depending on what action you take with this the result could be irreversable.

 

Just don't do anything stupid. Your relationship with your sister is infinitely greater than your coins.

 

If she got $10,000 for 125 of these

in raw condition I would say that is pretty good, but if it was like $3000 or $4000 then I would be pretty ****ed because not only did she hurt you, but she also gave someone a great deal and if this was a recent sale I would presume coin shops are paying around $40 for Washington raws. Anyways, It looks like the real price appreciation is going to be in the Adam's errors because it appears they are going to be much rarer and ebay prices for the Washington smoothies are basically flat, whereas the double struck seem to be going up lately. With that many I would have them in a safety deposit box, they only run $30 or $40 a year for a small one and of course it is a writeoff against any income from these Washington smoothies.

 

Yeah, threatening to call the cops and having her sent to jail is better than suing her.

Sorry, I disagree. The only way to solve this is to set a timetable for her to pay you back. If she fails to pay you back, sue her in small claims court.

It is obvious that she does not care for your relationship.

 

That really sucks.

 

I hate to say this, but are you sure that your sister does not have a drug problem? If she does, it is a lot more important to tgat that taken care of than the money or even the relationship. With the drugs, the relationship will end soon anyway.

 

Wow, You're between a rock and a hard spot. I would no doubt file a police report and get the coin shop to at least sign it, but that will only help if you have homeowners insurance.

 

If he does that, she will have a 'police record'. She will have to reveal that everytime she applies for a job. Nobody wants to hire a thief.

Give her a chance to pay it back, if she fails then get a judgement in small claim court.

If he decides to press charges, a judge MIGHT order her to pay him back as part of the sentence.

 

Apparently she does not feel the same way.

Do what you feel is the best, but, she DID steal from you.

 

How old are the parties involved?

 

Hey Man,
Sorry to hear about this.
I think that sitting down with her and telling her that you would like to HELP her and try to see what the problem is. If she does have a problem then calling the cops or getting her to pay it back isn't going to help. You need a sister more than you need $5000 (I think $10k is about twice what they are going for right now). Look back on what you have done the past few months...has this money put you far into the hole or are you still making out pretty good? I know here in the last few months I've lost maybe $200-$300. While this is alot less than $5k I think my point is the same....none of us really need what we think...all of what we have is a blessing.

Coins can be replaced....so can money. A sister can not.

Speedy

 

She stole and sold these in April/May....She apparently sold them at two different times, one time she sold 25-45 of them for somewhere between 50-75 dollars a piece, and a second time she sold 80-90 for $45 a piece...So she sold them for roughly (very roughly) $6000...but honestly, I don't care what she sold them for, I care about what they were WORTH....=/

 

Get a cold coke out and take another look at this. What they were worth and what they ARE worth are two totally different things. And in most cases if you even called the police I would say you would only get back the price of what they are worth today or maybe even less. Some of the time people only get back a small % of what they lost.

Speedy