To: ambrose
Lets see.
The State gets to decide if the State or the individual gets to keep the stash. Hmmmm.
If the individual got to decide if the State or the individual got to keep the stash, it'd be a foregone conclusion.
But we all know that the State - ANY State - is emminently fair in these matters!
Yeah, this guys screwed!
36 posted on
03/11/2004 7:27:55 PM PST by
America's Resolve
(All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing (hint FRA GER RUS CA UN))
To: America's Resolve
The original owner was a tax dodger. Not only does the state get the coins, but the finder owes the state 2,000 years in interest penalties and fees for past taxes. Maybe if he enters a plea bargain he can get out of serving jail time.
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