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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;myownprivy, post: 3377450, member: 84588&quot;]<a href="https://news.yahoo.com/police-stolen-rare-coins-ended-change-machines-152417646.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.yahoo.com/police-stolen-rare-coins-ended-change-machines-152417646.html" rel="nofollow">https://news.yahoo.com/police-stolen-rare-coins-ended-change-machines-152417646.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man stole collectible coins worth tens of thousands of dollars, then ran them through grocery store change machines that returned just a fraction of their value.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Palm Beach Post report s 20-year-old Shane Anthony Mele of Riviera Beach told investigators he stole the commemorative presidential dollar coins and other items from a North Palm Beach office in December.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins were worth $33,000. A Palm Beach County Sheriff&#039;s Office arrest report says Mele sold some coins for a few thousand dollars, and he ran many through change machines that only produced their face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mele was charged Feb. 1 with grand theft along with unrelated drug charges. He was released Feb. 4 after posting bond. Jail records didn&#039;t show whether he had an attorney.</p><p><br /></p><p>---</p><p>But then again, so are collectors. Who would collect Presidential Dollar Coins?!?!?![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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