4 Million $ Robbery at Coin Convention
This past Saturday masked robbers committed a four million-dollar robbery outside a coin convention in Orlando. It was at the coin show of the Florida United Numismatists. Supposedly, a coin dealer was unloading his possessions from his car when the robber grabbed him from behind and held a gun to his throat. According to witnesses the coin dealer was then abruptly forced t the ground. Simultaneously, two other men grabbed a suitcase from the vehicle and took off.
This event can be paralleled way back to the Battle of Lexington and Concord. While there are different circumstances between the two terms, the criminals in both cases had every intent to steal. The British were looking to abolish the Americans’ ammunition. However, unlike the robbers at the coin convention the British were unsuccessful in their attempts because as they approached Concord, they realized that the ammunition had already been relocated. Maybe, if the British had used the present day maneuvers instead of the proud military marching lines then they may have been successful in confiscating the American goods.