US Patent Issued on April 7 for "Coin anti-theft device" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,325, issued on April 7.

"Coin anti-theft device" was invented by Darryl Tinkle (Sonora, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coin anti-theft device for tracking a location of stolen coins to facilitate apprehension of thieves and recovery of stolen property includes a sleeve. A plurality of coins is positioned within the sleeve. A processor is positioned within the sleeve. A global positioning system transceiver is electrically coupled to the processor. The global positioning system transceiver is designed to wirelessly communicate with a global positioning system unit wherein the global positioning system transceiver is designed ...