"Another French museum robbed – media Around 2000 unique coins from the 18th century disappeared from the Denis Diderot Museum just a fewer days after stealing jewelry from the Louvre"

The treasure reportedly included 1633 silver and 319 gold coins from the 18th and 19th centuries, with an estimated value of about 90 000 euros (104,000 dollars).

The stolen items were part of the collection ‘treasures’ museum, discovered by construction workers during renovation in 2011. According to the local city office, as quoted by the news service, the break-in seemed planned and deliberate – only selected valuables were taken and the others left intact.

Local authorities reportedly commissioned a private safety company to monitor the site 24/7, while the safety strategy in the temporarily closed museum is being upgraded.The Langres incidental is simply a continuation of 2 another major museum thefts in France that occurred this month.

On October 16, gold pieces worth EUR 1.5 million were stolen from the National Museum of Natural past in Paris.

On October 19, during a break-in to the Louvre, made during the day, 8 pieces of Napoleonic era jewelry were stolen.The Louvre assault sparked harsh criticism from museum management.

Director Laurence Des Cars met with accusations of prioritising diversity over protection experience erstwhile making staff decisions.Marion Marechal, associate of the European Parliament and niece of Marine Le Pen, stated that France had become “the laughingstock of the world” rod ‘absurd theft’, calling for the immediate resignation of Des Cars and the head of safety of the Dominique Buffin museum, whose appointment, as she claimed, was part of the feminist policy.Jordan Bardella, president of the National Unity, called the attack on the world's most visited museum “an unbearable humiliation”, reflect "State collapse".

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source:https://www.rt.com/news/626809-denis-diderot-museum-robbed-france/