Civil War-era currency taken from business

 Waterford Township police are investigating a breaking and entering incident that occurred on Wednesday, Aug. 8 at the Silver and Gold Exchange located at 7629 Highland Road.

The incident was reported around 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 8. According to police reports, arriving officers found the front door glass shattered.

Inside the business, the perpetrator had broken into a large safe in the rear of the business, where a significant amount of hydraulic fluid had pooled near the safe and had splattered on the walls. It is believed a tool with a square tip was wielded to punch holes in the safe.

Several hundred Civil War-era dollar bills, coins and silver bars dating back to the 1800s were taken from the safe.

The incident remains under investigation.

Contact Waterford Police Detective Lawrence Novak at 248-618-7515 with any information you may have on this incident.