QUOTE(28Plain @ Jul 17 2005, 06:50 PM)
"Mr. Storeim ran Numismatic Professionals Limited in Evergreen, Colo., which served as one of several subsidiaries set up by Mr. Noe to buy and sell coins. Two of the four coins went missing on Oct. 27, 2003, from an Express Mail package on its way back from a grading firm, Mr. Storeim told Colorado police."
Isn't it unusual for a grading service to send coins by express mail? I thought that was usually done by registered mail.
The tone of the Blade report is that the federal government should have control of licensing for coin dealers. That's absolute nonsense, of course.
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That might be a fallout from the scandal since coins are being touted as an
investment by a number of dealers.
Anyone remember in the early 1980s when the FTC was considering regulations
for coin dealers and the dealers responded with various "self regulation"
proposals?
The FTC failed to act and the self regulation talk disappeared quickly.
This time I'm not so sure things will blow over quickly. A proposal to have some
kind of regulation of coin dealers selling coins as an investment could be
introduced in Congress.