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Old 03-27-2017, 09:15 AM   #1
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Nice haul. Its probably being melted down already.

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A giant gold coin bearing the Queen's image, and worth $4m (£3.2m), has been stolen from a museum in Germany.

The Canadian coin, nicknamed the "big maple leaf", has a face value of $1m - but because it is 100kg (220lb) of pure 24-carat gold, its value is much higher at today's price for gold bullion.

It was taken during the night from the Bode Museum in Berlin.

It is not clear how the thieves evaded the alarm system or carried the heavy, half-metre (20.9 in) coin away.

The theft is believed to have happened at around 03:30 Monday morning (01:30 GMT).

The enormous coin is probably too heavy for a single person to carry, and police believe the thieves entered through a window.

A ladder was found on the train tracks nearby.
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Old 03-27-2017, 09:25 AM   #2
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I've seen one of those coins. If the thieves managed to haul it away, then they deserve it.
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I wonder if Brad Pitt or George Clooney will be staring in the movie?

Interested to read more about how they managed to do this, if they can figure it out!
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I've seen one of those coins. If the thieves managed to haul it away, then they deserve it.
I think for $4,000,000, I could probably drag a 220 lb coin to my truck and drive away with it.

That'll buy a lot of hernia operations.
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Interested to read more about how they managed to do this, if they can figure it out!
It's only 220 lbs. That's not that heavy, for even two strong people to carry. That alarm system is the big mystery there.
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I've seen one of those coins. If the thieves managed to haul it away, then they deserve it.
Ya, they have one at the Royal Ontario Museum. Funny, I thought about ways to take it when I was in there. I didn't come up with anything good. Crafty Germans. Maybe they need it to pay Trump back?
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It's only 220 lbs. That's not that heavy, for even two strong people to carry. That alarm system is the big mystery there.
That's the part I'm interesting in hearing about. The logistics of getting into the building, bypassing all security measures. Getting in/out without being detected at all. I'd assume there's security cameras? door/window triggers?
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Inside job.

But I support all non-violent heists. They're so awesome. If you can steal something from a museum or bank without hurting anyone and without getting caught, you deserve it.
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Single person with a badass backpack. They can stitch together parachute straps that hold 300lbs men. A 250lbs backpack is nothing for a military type or just a strong man motivated by 4 million dollars in that heavy ass pack.
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Inside job.

But I support all non-violent heists. They're so awesome. If you can steal something from a museum or bank without hurting anyone and without getting caught, you deserve it.
So you will forgive me if I steal your car without hurting you? Cool!
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Considering it's round, you could probably also roll the thing away.
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So you will forgive me if I steal your car without hurting you? Cool!
I believe there was some video on the local news that showed the basic layout of Polak's place, which is important information should you wish to burglarize him. Just thought I'd help.
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Inside job.

But I support all non-violent heists. They're so awesome. If you can steal something from a museum or bank without hurting anyone and without getting caught, you deserve it.
urgh, dumb post is dumb
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I believe there was some video on the local news that showed the basic layout of Polak's place, which is important information should you wish to burglarize him. Just thought I'd help.
Ya but he was washing his pots and pans in the bathroom. People in the ghetto don't have things worth stealing.
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So you will forgive me if I steal your car without hurting you? Cool!
That's not a heist. There's no challenge there. That's just petty theft.
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