Vancouver man suspected of stealing $100,000 coin collection in Woodland

[jeff of pa]

A Vancouver man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing an antique coin collection, estimated to be worth $100,000, after he spent some of the rare coins at a movie theater and pizza restaurant, Woodland police said.
One of the coins was a quarter worth thousands of dollars that the suspect used at face value, according to investigators.
A Woodland woman, whose mother had collected the coins, reported the collection missing in May. She said the collection, kept in boxes in her garage, included Liberty Head quarters, Morgan dollars and many other coins, some of which date to the early 1800s, police said in a report filed this week in Cowlitz County Superior Court.

Vancouver man suspected of stealing coin collection in Woodland

 

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[Sheldon J]

I had a friend who many years ago lost his coin collection in a similar manner. But it was his kids and they used the valuable coins to buy candy, none of the coins were ever recovered, and I'm betting this is a fairly common story. :-)