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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 2656018, member: 44132"]Well, I would be more than foolish to stuff my mattress with the proceeds from the sale of my house or my coins. Who is to say what I might do with the proceeds from any sale including coins? Naw, I'm still not buying the argument that I would be any more vulnerable by using my name in a national or international sale. The chances of anyone finding me by my name is astronomical. How many J. Harpers might a thief have to go through to find me. And then, when found, find where I have my wealth and how to get to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I retired, I was employed by a company to conduct industrial espionage. One of the easiest means of finding information was through "dumpster diving". Once in the garbage, information is pretty much anybody's to use. Even though I was able to locate financial records, there was no way to access the wealth.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cash from a coin sale is most likely in a bank as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 2656018, member: 44132"]Well, I would be more than foolish to stuff my mattress with the proceeds from the sale of my house or my coins. Who is to say what I might do with the proceeds from any sale including coins? Naw, I'm still not buying the argument that I would be any more vulnerable by using my name in a national or international sale. The chances of anyone finding me by my name is astronomical. How many J. Harpers might a thief have to go through to find me. And then, when found, find where I have my wealth and how to get to it. When I retired, I was employed by a company to conduct industrial espionage. One of the easiest means of finding information was through "dumpster diving". Once in the garbage, information is pretty much anybody's to use. Even though I was able to locate financial records, there was no way to access the wealth. Cash from a coin sale is most likely in a bank as well.[/QUOTE]
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