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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Daniel M. Ryan, post: 1262358, member: 32253&quot;]CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A former police officer for the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia has admitted to stealing $2.4 million worth of &quot;error&quot; coins and selling them to a coin distributor in California.</p><p><br /></p><p>U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman in New Jersey said 64-year-old William Gray pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of theft of government property and tax evasion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gray, of North Wildwood, N.J., had worked at the U.S. Mint since 1996. In a federal court in Camden, N.J., he admitted taking $1 presidential coins that were missing edge lettering, knowing they would be considered more valuable to coin collectors because they were considered &quot;mint errors.&quot; He mailed them from New Jersey.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-mint-officer-admits-taking-2-4m-worth-021243998.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-mint-officer-admits-taking-2-4m-worth-021243998.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/us-mint-officer-admits-taking-2-4m-worth-021243998.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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