Hussulo Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 Some of you might have heard about COINEX. It's an annual British coin fair which is held in Earls court London during the 28th and 29th of September.This year there was what has been described as a professional theft during the 28th. DNW the auctioneers were targeted and many highlights from their previous days auction were stolen. They include a gold patter Guinea 1787 by L.Pingo, a pattern 1820 £2 in gold by Pistrucci amongst other patterns and Charles I silver coins.Anyone with any information should contact DNW via:Tel. 020 7016 1700 email. auctions@dnw.co.uk Quote
Coin_Hunter Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 No doubt there is a reward? I don't have them, by the way.. Quote
Emperor Oli Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 Could merchandise like this even be shifted? Granted they could melt them down but there can't be much money in that and bringing them back to market would be suicide. Unless they're stolen to order of course, they do seem quite specific. Quote
Geordie582 Posted October 27, 2007 Posted October 27, 2007 I've just been watching BBC TV News where they say there is a problem of copper coins - pre 1992 - are being melted down, illegally, as the price of the copper content is greater than the face value. This applies to all countries.Our copper collections are therefore becoming rarer (and more valuable) Quote
Hussulo Posted October 27, 2007 Author Posted October 27, 2007 I've just been watching BBC TV News where they say there is a problem of copper coins - pre 1992 - are being melted down, illegally, as the price of the copper content is greater than the face value. This applies to all countries.Our copper collections are therefore becoming rarer (and more valuable) You could be right Geordie. I found some interesting BBC news articles about it:LINK Quote
Red Riley Posted October 28, 2007 Posted October 28, 2007 [You could be right Geordie. I found some interesting BBC news articles about it:LINKThis was also said to have been a problem in the last days of lsd when the remnants of the 50% (and very occasionally the 92.5%) silver coins were still in circulation. At the end, the bronze coins too contained more metal than their face value. Quote
Peter Posted October 28, 2007 Posted October 28, 2007 I've been saving pre 92 coppers for quite a while.I must have £20 face which are worth £30.Its really not worth the bother.When pre 47 silver was worth x 4 face it was. Quote
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