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PNG Members Recover Coins From 2001 Theft<br />
on with Dave Camire about wrong<br />
planchet errors.”<br />
The recovery began when Nugget<br />
was contacted in late-August by a<br />
Georgia client who wanted to sell<br />
a large group of coins and paper<br />
money.<br />
“The group included error coins<br />
that my client purchased in an estate<br />
sale about five years ago. With his<br />
permission I wanted to show them<br />
to several error coin experts, and<br />
I contacted Fred first,” Nugget<br />
explained.<br />
“As I opened the package sent by<br />
Paul I immediately knew these<br />
were unusual and rare error coins,<br />
but there was no writing or other<br />
notations on the coins’ holders to<br />
indicate any pedigree or source,”<br />
said Weinberg.<br />
“When I began researching them<br />
I realized that 12 of the 13<br />
error coins submitted by<br />
Paul’s client matched the<br />
descriptions of coins<br />
taken in the 2001<br />
theft. It’s mind<br />
boggling how<br />
these showed up<br />
after all those<br />
years. It’s very<br />
gratifying, too,<br />
because once<br />
we all realized<br />
these were<br />
stolen there was<br />
never a moment’s<br />
hesitation by Paul’s<br />
client or anyone else<br />
about immediately<br />
getting them back to<br />
Mark.”<br />
The recovered stolen coins are:<br />
No date, Type II design Standing<br />
Liberty quarter on a cent planchet<br />
No date Shield nickel on a nickel threecent<br />
planchet<br />
No date Walking Liberty half dollar<br />
on a five-cent planchet<br />
1865 two-cent on cent planchet<br />
1858 half-dime on silver three-cent<br />
planchet<br />
1858 uniface Flying Eagle cent on<br />
silver half-dime planchet<br />
1866 Shield nickel on cent planchet<br />
1899 Indian cent struck over an 1899<br />
Barber dime<br />
1908 Indian cent on silver dime<br />
planchet<br />
1926 Lincoln cent on silver dime<br />
planchet<br />
1936 Buffalo nickel on silver dime<br />
planchet<br />
1944-S Washington quarter on a 1943<br />
type zinc cent planchet, one of only<br />
two known.<br />
Lighterman says he never filed an<br />
insurance claim or sought a tax<br />
write-off for the 2001 theft.<br />
“The only insurance I could have<br />
claimed the loss against was my<br />
homeowner’s insurance. But at<br />
the time, after Hurricane Andrew,<br />
homeowner’s insurance was almost<br />
impossible to obtain in South<br />
Florida where I was living at the<br />
time. So, after discussing it with my<br />
accountant and others, I didn’t file a<br />
claim because I didn’t want to take a<br />
chance on my insurance policy being<br />
canceled and then being unable to<br />
get another company to insure my<br />
property,” explained Lighterman.<br />
“I am so happy get these 12 coins<br />
back after all this time, and I thank<br />
Paul Nugget and his client, and Fred<br />
Weinberg and Andrew Glassman<br />
for their help and support.”<br />
Founded in 1953, the<br />
Professional Numismatists<br />
Guild is a nonprofit<br />
organization<br />
composed of many<br />
of the country’s<br />
top rare coin and<br />
paper money<br />
dealers who must<br />
adhere to a strict<br />
Code of Ethics<br />
in the buying<br />
and selling of<br />
n u m i s m a t i c<br />
m e r c h a n d i s e .<br />
The Guild’s motto<br />
is “Knowledge,<br />
I n t e g r i t y ,<br />
Responsibility.” For<br />
additional information,<br />
visit their website online at:<br />
www.PNGdealers.com.<br />
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