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$10,000 Gone: The Costly Lesson A Traveler Learned Packing Valuables in His Suitcase

The image shows an open suitcase on a wooden floor. Inside, there are neatly folded clothes, including a green t-shirt, a beige shirt, a blue plaid shirt, and a pair of blue jeans. A brown leather belt is also visible. The other half of the suitcase is filled with stacks of silver coins.

What began as an ordinary journey to Canada ended with an expensive and sobering lesson. A Utah coin collector arrived in Whitehorse, deep in Canada’s Yukon Territory, only to discover that something critical was missing from his luggage. Somewhere between two stopovers and his final destination, 100 silver dollar coins—worth nearly $10,000—had vanished. Darren King…

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