A $22,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thief or thieves who stole coins Oct. 11 from the car of Silver Spring, Md., coin dealer Julian Leidman.

The Numismatic Crime Information Center reports that a side window of Leidman's car was smashed and the coins removed. Leidman was returning from Coinfest, a show held over the weekend in Stamford.

The dealer community is banding together to help law enforcement solve the case. The reward stands at $22,000 as this is written, but it started out yesterday at $5,000 with the initial reward offer of Coinfest founders Laura Sperber and Jon Lerner through the Professional Numismatists Guild. Other PNG dealers followed.

Identifiable inventory items according to NCIC includes:

Three contact phone numbers have been given for the use by anyone who can help with information.

To read the complete article, see:Dealers Rally to Solve Crime(www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=8011)

We urge Any Dealer or Collector to contact Detective Christopher M. Keezer of the Montville NJ Police Department at 973-257-4113 (CKeezeer@MontvilleNJ.org)or Julian Leidman at 301-585-8467 if they have any information about this crime, or think that any of the coins listed below are being offered for sale either online or in person. This is especially true for those attending flea markets, local auction houses, online auctions and "Brick and Mortar" coin shops on the East Coast.

To read the complete article, see:Coin Dealer Julian Leidman Victim of Vehicle Burglary. Reward Grows to $74,500(www.coinlink.com/News/featured/coin-dealer-julian-leidman-victim-of-vehicle-burglary/)

1806 HALF DOLLAR O-123 Gem Proof-like Uncirculated - My client has owned this piece for at least thirty years, having purchased it from Ed Milas of Rarcoa in Chicago. It is a very well struck example of O-123 without any die breaks and is far scarcer than a normal 123 that has die breaks and a weakly struck reverse center. The coin is wholly proof-like and naturally toned Gem Uncirculated specimen

1807 O-113 HALF DOLLAR PCGS MS65, GEM Uncirculated, Small Stars - This coin is a spectacularly toned GEM Uncirculated, prooflike, and the finest known 1807 half, period. Ex. lot #296 Lester Merkin's sale of 3/15/67, an incredible offering of early halves following his landmark offering of the Helfenstein Large cents and dimes in his 4/66 auction, Lester raved about this coin.

ENGRAVED #12 1921-D MORGAN DOLLAR Gem Toned Uncirculated, the 12th coin released-This is the 12th Silver Dollar released from the first 100 coins struck in Denver. The first two coins were presented to two Colorado institutions, one being the School of Mines, were not engraved. Neither of these coins is currently known. The 3rd coin thru the 12th are engraved as follows:

I believe that all of the 10 engraved coins are known today. The other 88 coins were not engraved and are not traceable.

1929 Five Reichmark Off-Center error

1873 NGC PF 65 Proof Silver Trade Dollar Judd Pattern

Serial Number 84 Currency Collection: Currency Collection (65 Notes Total) With Serial #'s of 84This is a unique collection that I have been working on for over 30 years. Some are circulated and many of them are crisp uncirculated

Sword-in-hand Colonial NoteMassachusetts, August 18, 1775, the very famous Sword in Hand design, 11 shillings, fully issued with 3 signatures, re-dated in ink, 8/7, the only one ever seen by Eric P. Newman, THE expert in the series. Much finer than the 2 signature example in the incredible John J. Ford collection.

Other Colonial Currency

Alan V. Weinberg (retired LAPD) adds:

From a story in the Daily Record:

To read the complete article, see:Rare, valuable coins stolen in Montville(www.dailyrecord.com/article/20091014/COMMUNITIES/310140017/1344/NEWS14)