Transport Museum Reports Theft Of Civil War Coins

Webster-Kirkwood Times: Transport Museum Reports Theft Of Civil War Coins

Historic Civil War coins have been stolen from an exhibit at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation.

"We are deeply saddened and shocked that someone would steal these significant Civil War artifacts from our display," said David Ahner, president of the Transport Museum Association and Museum Management Committee.

"Money of the U.S. Civil War," a traveling exhibit on loan from the American Numismatic Association Money Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo., opened on Friday, June 10, in the Musick Mezzanine in the Earl C. Lindburg Automobile Center at the Museum of Transportation.

On Sunday morning, June 12, six significant Civil War coins were discovered missing from the display. This exhibit is the first in a series at the museum commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War.

"The Museum of Transportation is reaching out to the St. Louis community to request help in recovering these historically irreplaceable artifacts," said Ahner. "These coins are important piece of our collective history. They must be returned so future generations can appreciate our nation's past."

If anyone has information about these coins, contact CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477), www.stlrcs.org or St. Louis County Police, 889-2341. The museum, located at 3015 Barrett Station Road, is a division of St. Louis County Parks.