Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Massive gold coin worth millions stolen from German museum

quote [ Berlin police say thieves broke into the German capital's Bode Museum and made off with a massive 221-pound gold coin worth millions. ]

That is an impressive heist. Wonder if it will turn out like the Lufthansa one.

i realize im misusing the Mafia category. It was either that or dystopian violence. Maybe we could get a crime category?

looking for a better source/more info
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[by rylex@1:58pmGMT]

Comments

steele said @ 3:09pm GMT on 28th Mar [Score:2]
Eh. It's not like we're using Mafia for games anymore.
mechanical contrivance said @ 5:39pm GMT on 28th Mar [Score:1 Underrated]
Damn. I'd like to see the vending machine that can take that.
zarathustra said @ 10:14pm GMT on 28th Mar
I'm picturing a Zoltar like machine with Trump in it. Put in your coin and get the legislation of your choice ( or a whiny excuse why he can't do it.)
arrowhen said @ 3:30pm GMT on 28th Mar
Crime & punishment would probably be a useful category.
Ankylosaur said @ 5:09pm GMT on 28th Mar
Or Numismatics.
mechanical contrivance said @ 5:43pm GMT on 28th Mar
The article makes it sounds like there was nothing between this coin and the outside world but a glass case and a glass window. I little more security would have been good.
rylex said @ 7:44pm GMT on 28th Mar
sadly, cant really get more info on this case. the museum isn't talking with reporters other than to say the coin was behind bullet proof glass and there was a ladder found outside a broken windowon the buildings exterior.
captainstubing said @ 10:00pm GMT on 28th Mar
A ladder, a hammer...looks like some real a-list criminal masterminds planned this gig.
zarathustra said @ 8:58pm GMT on 28th Mar
Time to swing by the local hardware stores and see if anyone bought the stuff to build a forge and crucible.
Abdul Alhazred said @ 10:59am GMT on 29th Mar
How the hell do you get a 220 lb disk of metal out a window, down a ladder and off down the street? The thing's about the size of a manhole cover and weighs about as much as I do- you can't just tuck it in a backpack.
HoZay said @ 1:10pm GMT on 29th Mar
If this were a movie, I'd expect it to be still in the building, disguised as a modern sculpture exhibit.

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