Featured My 20 years coins collection alone with 3500oz silver bars were stolen.

Very scary, frustrating and a sign of the times. The collectors nightmare. Hopefully they will walk into a coin shop and try to peddle these and get caught.

I once asked a friend who was a Jersey City cop what the best alarm system, and was told a large vicious dog. Water under the bridge unfortunately - damn is right.

 

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Bazinga Maybe our boys

 

Hope you're right .

 

Southpaw Sports is a LCS not just sports cards
I get my supplies there

 

This sucks so bad. Hope you catch those scumbags.

 

that is true of almost all burglaries and it is useless if the cops won't follow up on leads.

 

With such a large dollar amount theft, it's surprising the cops didn't do much. I know that in some parts of the country thefts under 500 or 1000 bucks are basically free, but when you're in the six figures, that should perk some police ears.

 

With those names I doubt they were Spanish speaking men.

 

Horrible that you lost your large collection. And those bums that robbed you will only get a fraction of it's value. There is a lesson here for all of us collectors. Don't leave your collection in a location that's easy to find. The first place burglars look is the bedrooms of a house, they like to get in and out as quickly as they can. Leave a dummy safe with only junk coins in it. But you need to find much better hiding places than a bedroom closet for your expensive coins. And don't put everything in one place. Don't make it easy for these bums.

 

Kevin I'm really sorry to hear about the theft. Numismatic theft can be reported here: Numismatic Crime Information Center
http://numismaticcrimes.org/report-form/

 

Just done the report on here , so what is numismatic crime report do?

 

I would guess perhaps it would enter your stolen items on some type of listing/database so if they ever pop up in public, it could be determined that they are stolen items. After clicking on the link, click on HOME on the page and they give some detail of the organization's purpose.

 

Yeah, but you know if they attending highschool I'm sure they could have picked up some language over 4 years they might find useful.

 

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That is what is needed though.

 

I'm very sorry kevin that this has happened to you. Since the vast majority of your coins and currency are atypical of what is usually seen I would keep a keen eye on eBay and Facebook listings; you could also send them a list of the label Info with Certification Numbers along with your police report #.

 

https://hughwood.com/specialties/fine-arts-collectibles/

This is an insurance company that specializes in collectibles and coins. I highly recommend anybody with a sizable valued collection use their or a similar service.

 

Speaking of insurance, what does your homeowners insurance policy say about this?

 

Unless you have a rider to your policy, most homeowners policys limit losses for coins and such to ~$2,500+/-

 

I have a policy with Hugh Wood. They have a cap on the amount of the collection that is silver.
http://numismaticcrimes.org/report-form/ are good folks. They do what they can to help.