From vauctions.com... Autonomous Issue, Siculo-Punic AR Tetradrachm, 320-300 BC, Sicily-Uncertain Mint - Jenkins 109 (Ex FBI) Item Number : 36702 Auction is Closed This auction has closed and your bid was not successful. Auction Type Standard Current BidUS $750.00 Reserve Met Quantity1 Starting BidUS $1.00 Time Left # of Bids 6 (Bid History) Ended Sunday, December 03, 2006 3:00:00 PM CDT High BidderTwilight (4) ReferenceZ5163 Seller beastcoins (536) (Leave Feedback on Seller) View Seller 's Other Auctions LocationNew Berlin, WI, US Mail This Auction to a Friend Accepted Payment MethodsSee Item Description for Accepted Payment TypesClick here to visit our VCoins store: Shipping CostsSee Item Description for Shipping Costs Shipping LimitsWill ship anywhere Ship ViaSee Item Description for Shipping Options Times this auction viewed171 Description Estimate: US $ 1200 Autonomous Issue, Siculo-Punic AR Tetradrachm, 320-300 BC, Sicily-Uncertain Mint (No legend) Young head of Herakles clad in lionskin's with paws knotted below (Punic legend) Horse head left, palm tree with two clusters of dates behind 23mm x 24mm, 15.87g Jenkins 109 Ex US A Federal Bureau of Investigations, September 2006; Ex Capital Collectibles (seized assets) Note: Flip-over strike - part of the Punic legend from the first strike is visible on the obverse in the right field. Test mark on obverse portrait. Very dark gun-metal gray cabinet toning. Below is the story leading up to the FBI seizing assets, including a small group of ancient coins, which I was called in to appraise and subsequently purchased from Greater Milwaukee Coin in Waukesha. My appraisal was fair market wholesale prices, which were far higher than all of the other offers tendered by every other coin dealer as per the FBI agents. They could not tell me who else quoted on the group. And no, Greater Milwaukee Coin did not just sell the coins to me at their cost - they made money on the deal. Story from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel On-line: Coin dealer pleads not guilty in fraud caseEx-Sheboygan man accuses government of setting him upBy GINA BARTON gbarton@journalsentinel.comPosted: Sept. 20, 2003 A former Sheboygan coin dealer accused of bilking hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars says he's innocent. Leslie John Hamilton, 51, of Mount Charleston, Nev., pleaded not guilty to 28 felony charges Friday in federal court in Milwaukee. Hamilton is accused of operating a pyramid scheme. Prosecutors say he convinced about 300 Wisconsin residents that they were investing in rare coins, but instead of buying the coins and reselling them at a profit, he used the money from new investors to pay off the old ones. Hamilton says he's being set up by the government. "I was the biggest coin dealer in the state," he said in an interview. "They wanted a law that would tax coins more. I disagreed vocally, and then the problems began." In the 1990s, Hamilton, also known as John Halvorson, operated several businesses, including Capital Marketing Corp., Capital Investments and Capital Collectibles, out of an office in Sheboygan. He also had stores in Bayshore, Mayfair and Southridge malls before moving to Nevada in 1999. Before the federal indictment was handed down last month, Hamilton was charged with similar crimes in Sheboygan, Iron and Dodge counties. The Sheboygan County charges were thrown out in 2002 - some because a judge determined there was no probable cause and some because the state failed to hand over records to the defense, according to Richard Hahn, the attorney who represents Hamilton in the state cases. An October trial date has been set in the Iron County case, and the Dodge County case is pending. In federal court, Hamilton is accused of using clients' investment money for taking care of his children, buying vehicles, making mortgage payments and paying credit card bills. In 2001, when he started running out of money, Hamilton told people he could no longer pay them because of an ongoing state and federal investigation, according to federal prosecutors. "He claimed that the investigation prevented his ability to sell the rare coins and currency that he had purchased for the investors, and also prevented his ability to return the coins and currency to the investors," according to the indictment. Hamilton says he was running a legitimate business that was ruined by the malicious prosecution against him. When the federal investigation began, "Half a million dollars' worth of his assets were frozen, so he could no longer sell or transfer coins," Hahn said in an interview. "It made him persona non grata with his customers and his suppliers." A second problem, Hamilton said, is that a former employee embezzled from him. The ex-employee stole coins and money instead of paying dividends to the investors, he said. Hamilton has filed a civil suit against the man, who Hamilton says was given immunity to testify against him in the criminal case. Hamilton "has paid most people back, but not everyone," Hahn said. The FBI and the Securities Division of the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions conducted the investigation, which began in 1997. Most of Hamilton's investors are from Wisconsin, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Carol Kraft. About 85 other investors lived in Nevada, Arizona, California, Florida, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, South Carolina, Massachusetts, Oregon, Colorado and elsewhere, according to the indictment. Hamilton's girlfriend, Angelina Roebuck, is charged with five fraud counts, accused of helping Hamilton with the scheme. Roebuck, 51, also of Mount Charleston, pleaded not guilty Friday. Both were released on signature bond. They were ordered not to contact the investors. If convicted, Hamilton and Roebuck could face penalties of up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines on each count. Z5163 Payment:We accept personal checks, money orders, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and PayPal. Please allow time for checks to clear. 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