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Please help me identify the movie about William Gray and his theft of presidential error coins from the Philadelphia Mint
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I'm editing a book manuscript based on the theft of coins from the US Mint by security guard William Gray. The details seem very familiar, in fact I think I saw a movie with the very same story line. I cannot remember the name of the movie and I haven't been able to find a reference to it online but I'm sure I've seen it.
Can you help me identify the movie about the story of William Gray, a former Philadelphia police officer, and his theft of presidential error coins from the Philadelphia Mint?
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Are you sure it wasn't a TV crime show? I can't imagine making a full length movie out of it. "Guy steals coin. Guy sells to dealer. Repeat 10,000 times. Guy gets caught." Sounds kinda boring as a movie.

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It wasn't Coin Heist, but it might have been a movie made for TV as opposed to a theater released film.

The plot involves a retired Phila police officer working at the mint as a security guard. He steals thousands of presidential coins without the lettering on the edge by sneaking them out in his coffee cup when he goes outside for a cigarette.

As I've read through this manuscript I know I've seen this story before in the exact same detail. The author of the manuscript claims it to be their original unpublished novel.

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Is this book supposed to be fiction or non-fiction?  Because it pretty much exactly follows the real life theft of non-edge lettered coins from the mint in 2007 including the name of the Perp.

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