It could double as a shot put, but it's worth a little too much to chuck in the dirt.

Noe convicted on charges that he stole from a $50 million investment in rare coins that he managed for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

TOLEDO (AP) -- Attorneys for former Republican donor Tom Noe have filed an appeal claiming the rare coin dealer was deprived a fair trial in his 2006 theft conviction.

We've updated value trends for the Lincoln Cent series. Since our last update in 2006, there have been significant price hikes across the board, for many common date, semi-key, and key dates.

Documents assert that mistakes were made in the 2006 trial of the fomer coin dealer and BWC investment manager

Attorneys for Tom Noe believe the Republican operative and rare-coin dealer was deprived a fair trial in Lucas County two years ago because of an onslaught of negative publicity surrounding his trial.

Among other things, lawyers for Thomas W. Noe said that Noe's rights were violated because the trial was not moved out of Lucas County - an area "overwhelmingly saturated with negative publicity" about Noe.

The former politically connected coin dealer whose conviction for stealing from a state investment helped Ohio Democrats recapture most statewide offices in 2006 has appealed, arguing in part that he didn’t get a fair trial.

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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is ready to shift to an updated claims reserve system as its tries to remove some of the mystery from a process that tends to befuddle employers.