32,000 Quarters up for grabs!

[WoodenJefferson]

Armored Truck Spills $8,000 in Quarters

 

Filed Under: Weird News

 

MADISON, Wis. (Aug. 3) - Imagine the ringing noise of 32,000 quarters hitting the pavement.

 

An armored car company reported losing $8,000 in quarters along highways in two Wisconsin counties last month. About half has been returned.

 

"I guess somebody found that and figured it was an early Christmas," Jefferson County Detective Sgt. Lawrence Lee said.

 

Eight-hundred dollars of loose quarters was found late last month in the Madison area and $3,200 in Jefferson County the next day.

 

Loomis Fargo officials told authorities that a truck headed for Madison carrying boxes of quarters broke down in the Pewaukee area, so they sent another one. The load was transferred, but someone forgot to secure the door.

 

The driver was issued a citation for failure to prevent a leaking load.

 

A Loomis official declined comment Thursday.

 

 

AP

 

[Keleum]

If you keep them in the original box, will NGC certify them stolen, maybe "Last Strike"...

[bsshog40]

I'll take a couple bags for the road.

[Houston Investor]

You have to wonder how long some of those missing bags were sitting waiting to be picked up.