The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 23, June 5, 2005, Article 3

DUPONT COINS INVOLVED IN OHIO SCANDAL?

Web site visitor Darryl Davidson writes: "I came across an
article that tied the duPont 1967 coin theft to the current
investment scandal in Ohio. Digging further, I came across
this link in your newsletter:

Tracking the DuPont Coins, in esylum_v07n13.html

Here's the article that links your coin-tracker, Mr. Gray,
to the Ohio scandal: Full Story

It is interesting that this could provide further clues as to
finding the thieves a generation later."

 From the Toledo Blade article: "Two gold coins, bought
with money from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
that were lost or stolen from the mail in Colorado in 2003,
could be from the rare-coin stock purloined as the family and
staff of Mr. duPont were bound with silk ties at the home.

Mr. Gray, a Florida attorney who works for Mr. duPont,
said other duPont coins have turned up in the Denver area,
raising his suspicion.

"A lot of our coins have been found in that area," he said.

Mr. Gray said the duPont collection had three 1855 $3 gold
coins, as well as two 1845 $10 gold coins, that generally
match two coins Mike Storeim, the Colorado coin dealer
hired by Tom Noe, reported stolen in October, 2003, from
a package sent from a California coin-grading firm to his office.

Mr. Storeim has said he purchased the two coins with Ohio
money for $250,000.

In an interview with The Blade, Mr. Gray said the coins
are some of the rarest known. He would like to know more
about the coins, including where they originally were purchased.

He is also interested in two other gold coins that Mr. Storeim
purchased with state money at the same time that were not
reported stolen, an 1845 $5 gold coin and an 1845 $2 1/2
gold quarter eagle coin. The duPont collection may be missing
similar coins, he said."

"Mr. Gray has cards describing in exacting detail each missing
coin, some of which were bought more than 80 years ago.
He said one of the missing coins, which was not circulated, is
worth $500,000."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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