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<p>[QUOTE="calcol, post: 4456654, member: 77639"]Sheldon wasn't the only numismatist to steal coins from ANS. In 1989, a surgeon named Juan Suros, was caught with coins he lifted from the ANS collection. Suros was a big contributor to ANS, and his wife was a past president, so he had ready access to the collection. ANS staff noticed coins missing and linked them to Suros' visits. So next time, a careful count was made immediately after he left, and 13 coins were missing. Police were called and found those coins and more in his hotel room. Additional stolen coins were found in his million dollar home in San Diego.</p><p><br /></p><p>He wasn't as clever as Sheldon, who substituted lesser quality coins for the ones he took, thereby delaying discovery that coins were missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sad that both of these thieves were wealthy doctors and could afford far better legal collections than the average collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal</p><p><br /></p><p>link to story in LA Times: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-18-me-2041-story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-18-me-2041-story.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-18-me-2041-story.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="calcol, post: 4456654, member: 77639"]Sheldon wasn't the only numismatist to steal coins from ANS. In 1989, a surgeon named Juan Suros, was caught with coins he lifted from the ANS collection. Suros was a big contributor to ANS, and his wife was a past president, so he had ready access to the collection. ANS staff noticed coins missing and linked them to Suros' visits. So next time, a careful count was made immediately after he left, and 13 coins were missing. Police were called and found those coins and more in his hotel room. Additional stolen coins were found in his million dollar home in San Diego. He wasn't as clever as Sheldon, who substituted lesser quality coins for the ones he took, thereby delaying discovery that coins were missing. Sad that both of these thieves were wealthy doctors and could afford far better legal collections than the average collector. Cal link to story in LA Times: [URL]https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-18-me-2041-story.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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