Dumb Thief Jamms Coinstar Machine - Erie Pa

This was in the Erie paper today:
:Someone jammed the Coinstar machine at the West 26th Street Tops Market with a number of old coins. The Coinstar can take a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar and a Sacagawea dollar coin. It's not designed to take a 1890's Morgan Silver Dollar worth about $500. Outside the grocery store police recoved a backpack filled with empty coin holders."

 

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oh that really is sad.

 

That dude needs to be drawn & quartered

 

Sounds more like he needed to be drawn and dollared to me for trying something so dumb.

 

Reminds me of a story about how a stolen Strativarius cello nearly ended up getting turned into a CD case by someone who found it. Luckily he though better of it and called the police instead.

 

That's certainly surprising, isn't it? He was probably about to try some $20 Gold Eagles next.

 

LOL, I can imagine the thief who stole my coin collection doing something dumb like this.

 

Update:
Today's paper (Sunday) says they found the collector who is missing the coins and the coins were recovered from the machine. Also, they have some leads on who stole the coins. I wish I could make some coinstar machines, I'd make a percentage and also get to search for coins. Hope there is a collector at the coinstar facility.

 

Not if I get there first!!