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hack89

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25. Or the value of the gold was greater or equal to the value of the coins

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #22)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 06:15 AM

Mar 2014

We don't know what condition the coins were in while we do know the price of gold is high. Without an insurance appraisal we have no idea what the real value of the coins was.

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Yep, that's true... pipi_k Mar 2014 #7

Wow.... AsahinaKimi Mar 2014 #8

They may not have done anything "wrong" from a legal standpoint, Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #22

Or the value of the gold was greater or equal to the value of the coins hack89 Mar 2014 #25

No, that's just plain wrong Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #26

Remember we only have one side of the story hack89 Mar 2014 #27

Whose side of the story is missing? Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #29

We have only the owners word for what was stolen, their condition and their value hack89 Mar 2014 #32

And on the other side, the pawnbrokers melted the evidence Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #33

ok. Time will tell. nt hack89 Mar 2014 #34

There are basically two types of people who sell coins to pawnbrokers Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #35

Checking on buy prices in a leading numismatic newspaper, Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #42

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