misk@sopuli.xyz to Offbeat · 1 month agoBluey coins worth $400,000 stolen by worker, say Australia policewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkBluey coins worth $400,000 stolen by worker, say Australia policewww.bbc.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Offbeat · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareILikeBoobieslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month agoThey are worth $1 but police claimed people were buying them for $10 Possible reasons for that would be international customers or limited supply
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-21 month agoSo basically they want maximum sentence, and are claiming the maximum theoretical value for the stolen goods. “Yeah these coins are selling 10x their value trust me bro”
minus-squareMindTravellerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThese coins do sell for a lot more than they’re worth. I know a guy who bought 4 limited edition R2D2 coins back in the 80s and they’re worth a fortune now
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI may be biased, but these do not compare to Star Wars.
minus-square50MYT@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYeah, they are collector coins, and the few who got them on ballots are selling for ~ $15 on eBay now.
They are worth $1 but police claimed people were buying them for $10
Possible reasons for that would be international customers or limited supply
So basically they want maximum sentence, and are claiming the maximum theoretical value for the stolen goods.
“Yeah these coins are selling 10x their value trust me bro”
Cops ¯\(ツ)/¯
These coins do sell for a lot more than they’re worth. I know a guy who bought 4 limited edition R2D2 coins back in the 80s and they’re worth a fortune now
I may be biased, but these do not compare to Star Wars.
Yeah, they are collector coins, and the few who got them on ballots are selling for ~ $15 on eBay now.