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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2269184, member: 76181&quot;]Part IV</p><p><br /></p><p>fast forward to Feb 29, 2012&nbsp; ............yes it was a leap year.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sitting in a large conference room in the corporate offices of my new employer. I am telling a new colleague from Australia about how a couple months earlier one of his countrymen did the most incredible thing. I told him about the robbery and the lost coins and the Augustus. I tell him about the surprise of the packages arrival, and the effect it had on everyone......... from our mailman to the friends at the get together that evening, and on every person who had heard the story since.</p><p><br /></p><p>I told him how during my interview with the company, the robbery and the Christmas Coin (the moniker bestowed that day in December) had become the focus of the entire interview. I told him that after a long discussion about the human condition, a life well spent, values, ethics and judgement..........I had the job. The coin and its donor continued to have an impact on my life and that of others. All in all a pretty great ending to a horrible experience for everyone. How could I feel better?</p><p><br /></p><p>The next day, while sitting through more training, I got an email. Here is what I posted elsewhere that day March 1st, 2012</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Update</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>One of my stolen items has been recovered and is now is the hands of the police. My James I &quot;South Sea Bubble&quot; medal, to be precise.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>I received an email from Sveto at ANE (whom I originally bought the medal from last year) He had been contacted by a dealer close to my town, who had been offered a medal by another dealer. This second dealer, while doing research, saw the photos on Forum and realized it was stolen. He then tracked the medal back to ANE and contacted Sveto to see if it had been stolen during shipping. Sveto informed him it had actually been stolen from me.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>So Sveto put me in contact with the second dealer, who then put me in contact with the third dealer (who had the medal at his shop.) Long story short..........I informed the police and they seized the medal and the ID of the seller. Side note...the dealer who bought the medal for about $100 wanted me to pay him $200 to get it back. Although I agreed.........the police had a different view. They said he had no right to charge me and they seized the coin without telling me. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Currently the police are tracking down the seller and expect to make an arrest. Hopefully they will be able to determine where the other coins ended up.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The most surprising thing to me is that posting the photos on Forum and here, actually achieved the goal. As hoped, the medal made it to a dealer who then contacted another dealer and in the process of researching.......my medal was recognized by someone</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Of course the medal will be held in evidence by the courts, as will any other they recover (hopefully recover)............but......at least now I know where one of them is and hopefully the others will follow.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Exactly 90 days from the date of the burglary, the first coin/medal has been recovered.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>A bit unbelievable........but a huge relief</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>BR</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I learned subsequently that the actual figure paid was $32, but more about that later. The post above was after several quick phone calls and a race back to training. What happens in the real world as opposed to CSI-Wherever I will leave for the next post. Once again, here is the medal that is the subject of the post above. Save you from paging backwards</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451900[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>George I and James III, The South Sea Bubble (Appeal against the House of Hannover), Silver Medal (50 mm, 51 gm.) 1721, by O. Hamerani EF Rare</i></p><p><i>Obv: VNICA SALVS, Bust of the Pretender James III right, </i></p><p><i>Rev: QVID GRAVIVS CAPTA, Britannia seated weeps as the Horse of Hanover tramples on the Lion and Unicorn, behind a family escape with a few possessions, view of the City of London in the distance Eimer 493. A few small marks, some patches of dark toning, otherwise EF. Rare</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Gotta run for now. Son has a soccer game.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>__________________[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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