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CAR ACCIDENT SPILLS COIN DEALER'S INVENTORY IN FLORIDA
Shades of George Walton! This article describes a coin dealer's auto accident, where his $1 million inventory ended up scattered at the roadside. Back in 1962, dealer George Walton was killed in a car crash, and with the confusion no one knew what happened to his genuine 1913 Liberty Nickel. The mystery wasn't cleared up until 2003.
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A man's rare coin collection worth about $1 million was scattered along Florida's Interstate 95 when his car was involved in a rollover crash near New Smyrna Beach Thursday evening. A Boca Raton couple was heading north to a coin show in Jacksonville when the back passenger-side tire blew out in Volusia County. The SUV rolled, flipping as many as five times, police said. The rare collection went flying out of the car, spilling across the median. The collector's wife's arm was fractured in the crash. The coin dealer's injuries were much worse. The man initially refused to leave the scene. "He was in pain, but he was more worried about the money," Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Darryl Haywood Jr. said. Rescue crews convinced the dealer, who they said has heart problems, that he needed to go to the hospital. "The pain started setting in. I think his adrenaline kicked in when it first happened," Haywood said. The man tapped into his network of collectors in the area to help recover the coins. "Eight to nine people came out with metal detectors," Haywood said. "They tried to clean up the roadway and mess as much as possible." Troopers stayed to help, too, and a tow truck driver found $46,000 in bills in the trees. To read the complete article, see: Rare coin fortune found roadside (www.9news.com/news/sidetracks/200468/337/Rare-coin-fortune-found-roadside)
The story made it all the way to the U.K, where the Daily Mail published an article with pictures.
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Demetri Cirillo, 47 and his wife Dawn, who live in Boca Raton were on their way to a show in Jacksonville when a back tire blew out in Volusia, Florida The SUV rolled over, filling as many as five times, according to police. Much of the rare collection went flying out of the car, spilling across the median and into bushes by the side of the highway.
To read the complete article, see:
Flipping hell! Coin dealer's rare $1m collection scatters across highway when his SUV rolls over in crash
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