Apparently they were being shipped from the Philadelphia Mint to Florida, but someone got to them while the trailer was parked at a Walmart in the Philly area. It was apparently carrying about $750,000 worth but the thieves only got a fraction of them and many were strewn over the lot. I heard what was actually stolen would have weighed about 5 tons.
$100K worth of dimes stolen from truck in Philadelphia parking lot
The truck was hauling $750,000 in coins from the U.S. Mint, police said.
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