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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CaptainMK, post: 3696569, member: 106822&quot;]Hey y&#039;all,</p><p>I wanted to share a story that a fellow family friend went through.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the dad, we will name him john, daughter we will name Jane (doe....get it)</p><p>Time: Mid 90&#039;s</p><p><br /></p><p>John had a really nice collection which mainly consisted of old US silver coins. He was proud of his collection as he always showed me all the new coins he purchased and found. As a child, I always found him as a great source of information as he would tell me what my coins were worth and what to look for. I would see John about every 3 weeks or so, and every time he would show me his new coins and I would ask questions on certain types I found, he also would show me his phone card collection which always bored me to death.....I still don&#039;t get why he collected phone cards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow, His collection was beautiful even to a kid with minimal amounts of knowledge. He had a room devoted to his collections and where he would display his most prized silver quarters, dollars and half dollars. That was his favorites. I remember walking in and seeing these uncirculated coins in small show cases, just how pretty these vintage coins were just brought a smile to my face as it did with John. To the amount of money he had in these coins, to this day he will not say, but it was enough as the room was COVERED with these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>We weren&#039;t able to see John for about 2 months as he went to job training in another state. Jane, his daughter from another marriage was staying with him at the time along with his new wife (a sweet Asian lady, yes, this comes into play later). So it was only Jane and her step-mother. John never locked his collectable room (not too smart), when he returned from his job training he was mortified to find multiple coins removed from their storage cases. Thinking he was robbed, he asked his wife what happened to his collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, the step-mother had no idea about what happen as there was no break in and she &amp; Jane were home the whole time. He proceeded to ask Jane (who at the time was 10-11 years old) what happened to his coins. He was mortified to discover that Jane removed his coins from their holders as she wanted to walk down to the local general store to buy candy. Yep, using half dollars, quarters, dollars and along with some of his mint condition silver certificates and red seals, buy candy throughout the time he was away.</p><p><br /></p><p>The wife who is one of the sweetest ladies I have ever met was ask by John why didn&#039;t she stop her and why did she continue to let her use his collection to purchase candy. She had no idea that Jane was sneaking into his collection room and the money she was using mostly looked like American money which she was vaguely aware due to her time here in the states (less than 1 year at the time). She assumed that the money Jane was using was money given to her to spend while John was away.</p><p><br /></p><p>John went to the general store and talked to the cashier/manager, all money on a daily/nightly basis was deposited into the bank. None of his collection was recovered. The only few coins he was able to get was a few silver quarters that was still in Janes pocket along with some regular coins due to change given at the store.</p><p><br /></p><p>John to this day, now keeps all his coins in a safe, and his room locked (at least, the last I heard which was a few years ago). True story and a sad one at that. But the story may be different for the cashier if he really knew what this little girl was using to buy her candy. My opinion, coming from a guy who has done retail, the cashier knew the value as he sees regular currency every day and pocketed the collection throughout the few months. Is it the cashier fault for taking the money? Should the cashier say something? Did the cashier pocket the collection? How much money was lost? There&#039;s only a few people that know the answer and I am not one of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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