Federal authorities have unsealed charges against four men in the theft earlier this year of more than 2 million dimes from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S.

Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.

  • Jax
    10·
    1 year ago

    How the fuck are you going to spend 500,000 dimes?

    Brings gallon bucket full of dimes to the local coinstar every fucking week for… shit, a lot of weeks

    • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      1 year ago

      From the article:

      The indictment unsealed Friday alleges that after the theft, thousands of dimes were converted into cash at coin machines in Maryland or through deposits to at least four different suburban Philadelphia banks, the newspaper reported.

      • Jax
        32·
        1 year ago

        I can’t upvote this enough 😂😂😂

    • jordanlund@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      $50,000 / 52 = $961.54 a week for a year.

      $961.54 * 10 = 9,615.38 dimes per week.

      50 dimes per roll. 192.3076 rolls.

      Each roll weighs 8.8 ounces. 1,692.30688 ounces. 105.77 pounds of dimes a week.

    • assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Well if you’re already committing crimes you might as well melt them down and sell the metal. You’ll probably get more for it.