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lovuian

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Fri Jan-14-05 10:31 PM
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Millions of nickels stolen from Fed

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By Mark Potter
Correspondent
NBC News
Updated: 7:27 p.m. ET Jan. 14, 2005MIAMI - The trail begins at the Federal Reserve building in East Rutherford, N.J.. In mid-December, a large tractor-trailer is loaded up and heads south, bound for the Fed in New Orleans. Sealed in back of the truck is $180,000 worth of newly minted U.S. nickels. They are in 900 bags and weigh nearly 23 tons.

That's 3.6 million nickels — and soon they would just disappear.

"Somebody actually went out and stole 3.6 million nickels," says FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela. "I mean, who would ever think

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And they got away with it!!!

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seabeyond

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Fri Jan-14-05 10:42 PM
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1. what the hell are you going to do with 3.6 million nickles

Edited on Fri Jan-14-05 10:43 PM by seabeyond

and all the work, amounted to only 180k. cant even buy a house in calif for that

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seabeyond

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Fri Jan-14-05 10:43 PM
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2. i guess you could spend a lifetime playing nickle machines in nevada

if they still have nickle machines. has been years since being to reno

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