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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24877598, member: 26430&quot;]It&#039;s not like coins in private collections are immune to theft and melting. It happens <i>all the time</i>. I have a long section in my notes files just listing the well-known, published private collections of ancient coins that have been stolen in recent decades, including a fair number of straight up armed robberies. (In addition to collectors, more than one well-know dealer has been severely injured or killed that way.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="https://iapn-coins.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://iapn-coins.org/" rel="nofollow">IAPN</a> (Intl. Assoc. Prof. Numis.) keeps a running list of coins stolen from dealers and from the mail (&quot;Lost Coin Archive,&quot; with numerous major dealers -- a lot that I know &amp; have bought from -- having filed reports for themselves and/or their customers; many of the auctions I&#039;ve bought from have reported at least one theft, sometimes quite substantial).</p><p><br /></p><p>Every year after the major coin shows (Munich, NYC, Chicago...) there are alerts to be on the lookout for the stolen inventory of dealers who had their life savings stolen from their hotel room, back seat of their car, or taken at gunpoint.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to professional law enforcement agencies with units devoted to numismatic crimes in Europe and N. America, the are private agencies dedicated to it, such as the <a href="https://coinweek.com/author/numismatic-crime-information-center/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/author/numismatic-crime-information-center/" rel="nofollow">Numismatic Crime Information Center</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d be astonished to learn that museums are somehow more vulnerable to burglary and robbery that private collectors and dealers. It&#039;s definitely not a reason to keep coins out of museums.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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