PA - Parked truck containing 7.5 million dimes broken open, 1-2 million stolen, Walmart parking lot, Franklin Mills - Philadelphia, 12-13 Apr 2023

[keptbycats]

Weight. If 1000 dimes weighs 5 pounds, 7.5 million dimes would weigh 37,500 pounds (about 15.8 metric tons, 18.75 US tons). In order to legally travel the highways, greater amounts of weight need trucks with more axles in order to avoid exceeding weight-per-axle limitations. [highway axle regulations for those interested]
(edit: math)

Thank you for that insight!

 

[Glimma0927]

The trucking company must have cameras pointed at the area where these trucks are parked overnight, right?

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

It really is funny. I mean, it isn't like you can pay your rent in dimes. Or go to Walmart and pay for beer with all dimes, even at self check. Maybe sell them to someone who could use them, they wouldn't even give half value probably.

You could roll them and take them to a bank and exchange for cash. Could take an unnoticeable amount of rolls to numerous banks to avoid suspicion. They could also do the same but with different Coinstar kiosks (if they were fine paying them their percentage).

 

[Glimma0927]

More math: 1 million dimes weighs 2.5 US tons. They either had a forklift or LOTS of accomplices.

 

[Glimma0927]

A few more details from the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philadelphia Police search for thieves who stole $200,000 in dimes destined for the Federal Reserve Bank

 

[killarney rose]

Sounds like this might end up being one of those stupid criminals stories. I can just picture them sitting there with their loot trying to figure out how to cash it in.

 

[ifindedout]

Four face federal charges in theft of 2 million dimes from truck filled with coins from US Mint

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. Mint in Philadelphia.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that prosecutors contend that the theft — which they now say totaled $234,500 in stolen dimes — was part of a spree of robberies from tractor-trailers passing through the region that also netted the thieves frozen crab legs, shrimp, meat, beer and liquor.

[...]

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.

Four Philadelphia men — 25-year-old Rakiem Savage, 31-year-old Ronald Byrd, 30-year-old Haneef Palmer and 32-year-old Malik Palmer — face conspiracy, robbery, theft of government money and other charges.