Devastating Theft

What coins did he have and how much were they worth ?

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So you don't think proper storage and security is important?

 

Those homes have security systems.....24/7 cameras with backup systems so the power and/or Wi-Fi can't disable them.....and full insurance.

 

Not the middle class.

 

They are in your home. Home invasion is a crime. You can only reasonaly secure something so far if law enforcement and the business comunity doesn't take theft seriously. Actually, our theft was more than his and we had dead bolt locks and even gates on the windows.

Say no to stolen coins.

 

this is a good mantra

 

Then be smart. If you are going away for a few days or longer, then lock the stuff up.

 

In this case it was currency and every bill has a unique number. Where did these bills go to?

 

Don't ask me, I didn't take 'em.

 

You just keep trying to pass the responsibility of keeping safe off to others, primarily the police. And I'll repeat this once again, it is not the responsibility of the police to keep the citizens safe. It is your responsibility to do that.

Make no mistake about it. I do not under any circumstance condone burglary. However, it is a fact of life. It will happen. Therefore it is up to each and every one of us to take all necessary precautions to safeguard our valuables.

Hanging those beautiful notes on the wall is advertising to any person able to glimpse in the huge windows right there, or maintenance workers or delivery people invited in, or guests, that there are valuables readily available for someone with malicious intent to come and steal.

Is it right? Obviously no!
Is it moral? Come on, we all know it isn't.
Is it illegal? Goes without saying.

The point is, our prison systems are full (until the new norm of catch and release) of criminals that ignore the law, have no morals, and definitely have the cajones to break in to homes and steal whatever is really available.

Just because someone has a Fort Knox size gold bar that they're proud of, I doubt they'd leave it on display to enjoy it and show it off. The same goes for the currency displayed by the victim in the first post.

Would every law abiding, moralistic person like to be able to have the freedom to do what you believe is exercising their right to free will and liberty by doing just what the victim did? Of course we do. It's just not the prudent thing to do. If all these victims did everything they could to thwart the crime, without putting any blame on the police I'd have a lot more compassion for them. When someone continually says it's the responsibility of the police to protect them I don't have much compassion for them.

 

If you have stuff like that, a pair of pit bulls in the house would probably be a good deterrent.

 

Big dogs are absolutely a worthwhile component of a security system, but only part of a good system.

 

I was a victim of coin theft for exactly this reason. It’s a choice you have to make for yourself.

 

"Page not found" wonder where it went..

I could wear 10K or 20K in jewelery and walk around and cross my fingers that I don't get robbed. I can leave my collection out and tell everyone about my great vacation plans and cross my fingers nobody robs me.

The hardest lessons to learn are the devastating ones, the ones you regret that immediately make you spin around in circle's mentally thinking about what you could have done differently to avoid it.

If I leave my bike laying in the front yard every day, yeah it shouldn't get stolen by a thief, but it most likely will at some point because that's how crimes of opportunity work.

Probably an inside job and a family member or neighbor or friend that knew he was gone, what he had, and took his stuff.

Thinking "It won't happen to me" is exactly how it happens to you.

 

Did you hear about the people who found an entire safe of coins stolen twenty YEARS ago in an Amsterdam canal? https://www.newsweek.com/treasure-hunters-huge-safe-stolen-coins-magnet-fishing-1582837

 

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