Geldtransport

English translation: money shipment

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German term or phrase:Geldtransport
English translation:money shipment
Entered by: Michele Fauble

22:03 Jun 5, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Geldtransport
Sie sollen einen Geldtransport überfallen, der für eine Nacht in der Stadt Station macht.

Please keep in mind that this is the wild west. I know that they are typically called stage coaches, but is there a special term for ones that transport money?
Courtney Sliwinski
Local time: 10:33
money shipment
Explanation:
A stagecoach and its passengers, including Trampas, are set upon by three robbers after a money shipment. Trampas kills one of the robbers but is wounded by ...
www.tv.com/the-virginian/smile-of-a-dragon/episode/93253/re...



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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-05 23:12:49 GMT)
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Tim, overhears that a money shipment is coming through by stagecoach. When the Hurley gang comes out to rob the stage ...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0024767/plotsummary

A stagecoach and its passengers, including Trampas, are set upon by three robbers after a money shipment. Trampas kills one of the robbers but is wounded by ...
www.tv.com/the-virginian/smile-of-a-dragon/episode/93253/re...
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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 02:33
Grading comment
Thank you!" Although both were good answers, I could not be sure what was in the bags of money, so a general term was better!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3money shipment
Michele Fauble
3 +1bullion shipment
Kim Metzger


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bullion shipment


Explanation:
You might say they are going to rob a stage coach with a bullion shipment.

Wells Fargo and gold are invariably linked together. Wells, Fargo & Co. moved so much of the West's treasure that it compiled the universally accepted statistics on gold and silver production. Treasure shipments were carried in dark green wooden boxes placed in the front boots of stagecoaches. J.Y. Ayer, a San Francisco carpenter, fashioned these sturdy containers from ponderosa pine, strengthening them with an oak rim and iron strapping.

Iron safes built under the back seats of stagecoaches, and iron chests on steamboats and railroads provided extra protection for Wells Fargo's larger bullion shipments. Wells Fargo's Instructions to Agents gave complete details for the secure handling of gold and silver.

http://www.letsgoseeit.com/index/county/sd/san_diego/loc04/w...


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 03:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kcda: Money in those days could be gold bars, silver coins and hence bullion shipment could work. But I am not fully convinced hence "neutral". The greenback was not around in the wild west?
8 mins

agree  Rebecca Garber: Paper money was in circulation, but gold and silver coins were preferred, particularly in the West, where foreign coins were also used as currency based on weight. Two of the US mints (D & S)are in the west where gold and silver were discovered and mined.
17 hrs
  -> Yes, a distinct possibility, but I guess Michele's solution is safer if you don't know exactly what was being shipped.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
money shipment


Explanation:
A stagecoach and its passengers, including Trampas, are set upon by three robbers after a money shipment. Trampas kills one of the robbers but is wounded by ...
www.tv.com/the-virginian/smile-of-a-dragon/episode/93253/re...



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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-05 23:12:49 GMT)
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Tim, overhears that a money shipment is coming through by stagecoach. When the Hurley gang comes out to rob the stage ...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0024767/plotsummary

A stagecoach and its passengers, including Trampas, are set upon by three robbers after a money shipment. Trampas kills one of the robbers but is wounded by ...
www.tv.com/the-virginian/smile-of-a-dragon/episode/93253/re...

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 02:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!" Although both were good answers, I could not be sure what was in the bags of money, so a general term was better!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kcda: Yes shipment or transport. It is commonly used this way as far as I know too.
35 mins
  -> thanks

agree  M TRANSLATIO (X)
1 hr
  -> thanks

agree  Thomas Bollmann
7 hrs
  -> thanks
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