Holy Toledo! 'Blade' Series Uncovers Rare-Coin Scam

By Graham Webster

Published: May 25, 2005 1:05 PM ET

NEW YORK When someone at The Blade in Toledo, Ohio, heard that a local coin dealer named Tom Noe might be doing some business with the state, Jim Drew, the Blade's Columbus bureau chief, started asking around. After all, what business does a coin dealer -- one who is also one of the most prominent non-elected Republicans in the Toledo area -- have with the government?