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Coin Collecting NewsSL coin dealer quits business, home after attack
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Robert Palmatter’s passion for coin collecting first began in grade school when he gathered and cataloged coins as a hobby. It reignited with a new intensity in 1987 when he went along with his nephew to a coin store to advise the boy; and the next thing he knew, he was coin collecting and soon was a coin dealer.
“I call it the collector gene; you’re either born with it or not,” he said. “There is no explaining it.”
That all changed Jan. 26. That was night Palmatter was attacked by at least two robbers who had targeted him and his coin collection as he returned to his home in an exclusive neighborhood in Spring Lake Township. Read Full Story
GradedCoinStore | Feb 7, 2008 | Reply
What a nightmare experience. It’s unfortunate that he’s going to drop coin collecting all together though? Bad people will do bad things. Someone could break into his house to steal his TV too. I understand he was an attractive target, but maybe keeping the coins out of the house and maintaining a lower profile, could still allow him to enjoy his passion.
GS