CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint media release between the AFP and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Editor's note: Images of the seized coin are available via Hightail
The AFP has helped return a stolen 1813 Holey Dollar, most recently sold at auction for $525,000, to the Government of the Republic of Poland.
It is thought to be the first time Australian law enforcement has arranged the return of a cultural object to the European nation.
The coin, which was stolen from a museum collection in Toruń, Poland, between 2011 and 2018, had been tracked globally by Polish authorities after it was reported missing. They identified it as being exported into Germany ...