The Numismatic Crime Information Center, or NCIC, is asking for the public, collector, and dealer’s help in solving a significant coin theft. The theft happened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin when someone posing as a utility worker gained access to the victim’s home.
The NCIC writes,
The victim advised a male knocked on his front door and said he was from the city water department. He claimed there was a potential issue with fecal matter in the water supply and needed to check the incoming water in the basement of the residence. The suspect and victim went to the basement to “check” on the water. In the meantime, another male entered the house and ransacked it while looking for valuables.
Numismatic Crime Information Center Press Release
The list of coins that were stolen from the home is extensive with most of the coins being PCGS certified. That will making the reselling of coins more difficult but collectors and dealers should keep a watchful eye on anything they see for sale, especially if it is a “too good to be true” price.
Here is a partial list of what was stolen provided by NCIC.
- 1908-S 1c PCGS MS66RD 34015163
- 1909 1c Indian PCGS
- 1909 VDB 1c PCGS MS67RD 83589437
- 1909-S VDB 1c PCGS MS66RD 5841459
- 1909 1c Lincoln PCGS MS67RD 81232862
- 1909-S VDB 1c PCGS MS66RD 6619490
- 1909-S/S 1c PCGS MS66RD
- 1910 1c PCGS MS65RD 7152889
- 1910 1c PCGS MS67RD 81326935
- 1910-S 1c PCGS MS66RD 34012053
- 1910-S 1c PCGS MS66RD 25677247
- 1911 1c PCGS MS66RD 25200257
- 1911 1c PCGS MS66+RD 35039130
- 1911-D 1c PCGS MS66RD
- 1911-S 1c PCGS MS66RD 83220075
- 1912 1c PCGS MS66RD
- 1912-D 1c PCGS MS65RD 5880060
- 1912-S 1c PCGS MS66RD 37691122
- 1913 1c PCGS MS66RD 84065985
- 1913-D 1c PCGS MS65RD 84145770
- 1913-D 1c PCGS MS65+RD
- 1913-S 1c PCGS MS65RD 34972104
- 1914 1c PCGS MS66RD 34807316
- 1914-D 1c PCGS MS65RD 34616586
- 1914-S 1c PCGS MS65RD 83288864
- 1915 1c PCGS MS66RD
- 1915-D 1c PCGS MS65RD
- 1915-D 1c PCGS MS66RD
- 1916 1c PCGS MS67RD
- 1917 1c PCGS MS66RD 20750708
- 1917 1c PCGS MS66+RD 38143862
- 1918 1c PCGS MS67RD
- 1919 1c PCGS MS67RD
- 1919-D 1c PCGS MS65RD 83937613
- 1920 1c PCGS MS66+RD
- 1921 1c PCGS MS66+RD 25792798
- 1921-S 1c PCGS MS65RD 34118365
- 1922-D 1c PCGS MS65RD 5880063
- 1925 1c PCGS MS67RD 35366518
- 1925 1c PCGS MS67+RD
- 1925-D 1c PCGS MS65RD 82449959
- 1926 1c PCGS MS67+RD
- 1927 1c PCGS MS67RD
- 1928 1c PCGS MS67RD
- 1929 1c PCGS MS67RD 35501868
- 1917 T1 25c PCGS MS66FH 81268402
- 1917 T1 25c PCGS MS66FH
- 1917 T1 25c PCGS MS66FH
- 1917-D T1 25c PCGS MS65FH 28655388
- 1917-D T1 25c PCGS MS66FH
- 1917-S T1 25c PCGS MS66FH
- 1946-D 50c PCGS MS67 83214903
- 1947 50c PCGS MS67 83926094
- 1958 50c Back Wrapped Roll
If any reader has information on this crime, please contact NCIC’s Doug Davis at 817-723-7231 or Doug@numismaticcrimes.org.