Someone broke into a tractor trailer in Philadelphia and stole 2 MILLION dimes
· Apr 14, 2023 · NottheBee.com

Dude, this is a huge chunk of change if I ever saw one:

2 MILLION DIMES!!!

I'm sorry, but how does someone steal 2 million dimes?!?

And… WHY would someone steal 2 million dimes?

I mean, I know that's a good $200,000, but what are you going to do with the coins?

How are you going to get rid of them without coming off as suspicious?

Like, hey, can I pay for that Mercedes in dimes, please?

Not suspicious at all!

Apparently the trailer was parked in a Walmart parking lot and abandoned by a driver who wanted to get some sleep at home before heading to Florida with the cargo in the morning. I'm a little suspicious of the driver here, but maybe he just made an honest mistake. Who knows?

Police are looking for a group of "10 or more males" wearing black clothing. They are also looking for a white Chrysler 300 pickup truck with tinted windows…

According to the U.S. Mint website, a dime weighs 2.268 grams. So if 2 million dimes were stolen, that equals about 10,000 pounds or five tons of weight.

I wonder how disappointed they were when they cut the lock and found out the trailer was filled with dimes — 7,500,000 dimes!

I'd have backed out immediately and just walked into Walmart for a sandwich or something.

Not worth it!

But they did it anyway.

I found this hilarious: Apparently the thieves left a big mess in the parking lot and it took the crew "hours" to clean it up.

Can you imagine the mess?

And maybe I'm just being optimistic, but I hope there was a homeless guy or two there who were able to pick up a few Roosevelts for the road. Those add up!

Well, I'll leave you this local reporting on the dime theft and then I gotta get the heck outta here.

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