Stolen Coin Alert

[messydesk]

package being sent by VAMs and More to Ohio was stolen out of the West Sacramento US Postal office within the last few days. The coins with an estimated value of more than $100,000 were mostly encapsulated by SEGS.

The 50 slabs included:

 

• 1878 VAM 9 in EF40 and a VAM 9A in AU50;

• A VAM 14.5 in EF45; 14.6 in AU50; 14.8 in MS61PL, 14.14 in EF45; 14.15 Genuine, two 14.16, AU50 and PCGS EF40, and a 14.18 in AU50;

• 1878 VAM 44 in PCGS Genuine;

• Two 1878 VAM 123 coins in VG8 andAU50;

• Four 1878 VAM 166 coins in VF20, XF40, EX45PL and PCGS Genuine;

• 1878 VAM 188 in PCGS AU50;

• 1878 VAM 189 in EF45;

• 1878 VAM 229 in EF40;

• Two 1878-S VAM 18, F15 and AU53;

• Two 1878-S VAM 22, AG3 and EF45;

• 1878-S VAM 26 in AG3;

• 1878-S VAM 27 in NGC MS61;

• Three 1878-S VAM 50, AU50 and AU55 and PCGS AU50;

• Two 1878-S VAM 76, AG3 and AU50;

• 1879-S Reverse of 1878, one VAM 34A in VF30, two VAM 34B, VF25 and F15;

• 1879 S, Reverse of 1878, VAM56A in VG8 and VAM 77 in VF20;

• 1880 VAM 1A2 in G6;

• 1880 VAM 6 in AU58;

• Two 1880 VAM 39A in F15 and AU53;

• 1883 VAM 10 in NGC EF45;

• 1886 VAM 17 in NGC MS65PL;

• 1886-O VAM 1A in AU50;

• Three 1887 VAM 1A/25 in F15, EF45 and AU53;

• 1891 VAM 2A in AU53;

• 1895-S/S VAM 3, AU 50;

• 1900-O/CC, VAM 7A in VG 10 and VAM 9 in AU53;

• 1901 VAM 3 in PCGS EF45;

• Two 1902 VAM 4, PCGS VF20 and PCGS AU50;

• 1902-O Micro O, VAM 3 in AU58;

• 1903-S in AG3;

• 1921-D VAM 1A in NGC EF45

• 1926 Peace Dollars, VAM 2A2 AG3 and AU50

 

Three other dealers have lost packages out of the same station.

 

Contact Cindi Ray at 209 599-1840 with any information that may lead to their recovery.

[cpm9ball]

That's really bad news.

 

Since this appears to be the fourth "disappearance" from the same facility, I would think filing a complaint with the Postmaster General and maybe even Congressional representatives would be in order. It's difficult to know who to trust any more, so the only reason I suggest contacting their Congressional representatives is to make sure there is no cover-up in the USPS.

 

Chris

[johnny9434]

i hope you get them back and they get prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. what a bummer.

[Chris1976]

Sounds like the postmaster general may be in on it to be honest otherwise they would of already investigated the other 3 instances of this happening. Sounds like time to start droping the shipments off to a different location and/or courier service.

 

-Chris#2

[Kamillion]

interesting

[Becky-migration]

Hope they are found before they are cracked out....

[mtnstyne]

Were they insured and if so how did the Post Office settle?

[Dudley the 1st]

Sorry to hear of your loss and hope the shipment will be located in it's entirety or at the very least covered by insurance . Please do keep the forum updated as this resolves.

[michael]

really sorry to hear of this

 

hope some see this in your area and keep a look out in coin and pawn shops at shows etc

 

and i hope that you have a good ending/they are recovered/post office pays for them

 

please keep us informed on here

[Chris1976]

Not sure there will be any news on a recovery or not since the OP was about how the shippment was missing from VAM's and More on its way to a customer. I do hope that they find it and that it all works out, but in all honesty, the thieves have problably already cracked the coins out within the first few hours to dispose of the evidence.

 

-Chris#2

[messydesk]

These weren't my coins or my shipment, so I'm not sure how they were insured or for how much.

 

Even if these coins were cracked out, they'll be easily spotted by anyone looking at die varieties.

 

Not that I do much eBay selling anymore, but I'd be inclined to put in the auction listing that any buyer whose shipment goes through the West Sacramento postal sorting facility must pay for registered mail until the situation there is corrected.

[Conder101]

Would be interesting to know how the package was shipped.

 

And if they were shipped Registered the maximum insurance payout from the Post Office is $25K. If they were shipped any other way the maximum insurance payout is $5K. those payouts are per package.

[fishfinder]

Sounds like a sting is in order.