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Message:: [QUOTE="foundinrolls, post: 707839, member: 4350"]I went and dug through my old copies of CoinWorld and the April 6, 2009 issue has an article in which a lot of doubt is raised about the actual occurrence of the robbery and that lends a great deal of doubt to the story of the 1996 cent. In prior interviews with Billy and published in earlier editions of CW , it was stated that Billy Crawford stated that he was at the show, inferring that he had a table at the show.  That was disputed by Randy Clark, the host of the show.  Crawford never had a table and it was doubted that he was at the show at all.  It was also stated by Billy that he reported the theft.  He then denied reporting the theft.  Interesting is that in earlier interviews, Billy reported that he had filed a police report with a Detective Jason Forsythe of the City of North Charleston Police Department yet In the April 6, 2009 edition,  Forsythe sates that he had no contact with Billy Crawford in reference to any robbery. He (Forsythe) also notes that the place where the robbery was supposedly to have taken place is out of his jurisdiction.  He goes on to say that Billy's claim that there was an ongoing investigation into the matter is (was) "completely false". Forsythe, by the way is Billy Crawford's brother-in-law.  In other words,  the stories provided by Crawford held several major inconsistencies, according to the CW article. All this plus the images of the coin lead many to truly, strongly and probably, rightly, conclude that the piece was not authentic.  To even refer to it as a 1996 Wide AM is very likely going to perpetuate a myth.  Thanks,Bill[/QUOTE]

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