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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1066645, member: 57463&quot;]Mostly, you have to take people at face value, but over the years, I have wondered how often we identify, authenticate, attribute, and evaluate stolen merchandise.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Burglary is a well-defined and well-known kind of criminal enterprise.&nbsp; It is not a crime of passion.&nbsp; It is not caused by low impulse control or vitamin deficiency or social stratification.&nbsp; Burglary is a crime of planful competence.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Electronics are easy targets, the newer the better.&nbsp; Valuables are in only a few place: the top dresser drawer, under the socks and underwear; maybe there&#039;s a jewelry box.&nbsp; Under the bed, clothes closet top shelf in back; some times bottom corner.&nbsp; After that, you are running out of time.&nbsp; The last thing a burglar wants is a confrontation with a victim: better to be caught by the police.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the shiny big coins are in hard plastic holders with expensive sparkly doodads, they are easy to fence.&nbsp; Anything the fence rejects, maybe you can ask around about; might be worth something.&nbsp; So, time and again, anonymous usernames ask us about coins or things that are not theirs -- found this; my grandfather; my mother inherited; old box; uncle passed; came across -- and as common things are common, the stuff is not worth anything, or is fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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