Rare coins found by police in raid

Rare coins found by police in raid
CanWest News Service
Published: Thursday, July 19, 2007

EDMONTON (CNS) -- Edmonton police raided a house in west division and turned up a number of century-old collectors coins and bills.

But they have no idea who they belong to, police spokesperson Karen Carlson said.

The problem started with a break-and-enter to a west-end home in early June. Police followed that incident with a search warrant and raid on second house June 6. The money find was a surprise. The coins and bills don't belong to the residents of either house.


The money includes an 1864 $5 US bill, 1885 and 1887 US Silver dollars, JFK half dollar coins as early as 1968 and RCMP commemorative silver dollars from 1970-1974.

 

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Those are some real rare coins!

 

Rare? Still could be part of a pilfered collection

 

"Rare" is such a relative term.

All of that stuff is much rarer than a circulated Lincoln Memorial cent, anyhow.

 

Right. Rare.

 

What I don't understand is, if they didn't know who the coins belonged to, how did they know they didn't belong to the people who's home they raided? they could have been coin collectors and felons at the same time.
Guy~

 

Exactly what I was thinking. I used to be both!

 

The $5 note should be worth something.

As for the rest of the rare coins that collection is worth at least......dollars!

 

I love the statement about the kennedy halfs as early as 1968. All of a sudden I really feel old.

 

Ditto .. but at least ... I 'too' have a rare coin collection.. I have some of those too ~