I'd love to hear the story behind this.
1 posted on
12/06/2006 1:51:09 PM PST by
grjr21
To: grjr21
They were stolen as these coins were never introduced into public circulation.
2 posted on
12/06/2006 1:52:57 PM PST by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: grjr21
3 posted on
12/06/2006 1:53:21 PM PST by
FLOutdoorsman
(Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.)
To: grjr21
These coins can't be that rare, I saw them advertised on late night television for $19.95 each.
</sarc>
5 posted on
12/06/2006 1:59:48 PM PST by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: grjr21
Every single 1933 Double Eagle except for 2 given to the Smithsonian (I think?) were supposed to be melted down for bullion.
They were never put in circulation but were in the possession of the US Mint during the few months between their pressing and their melting down.
Apparently a Mint employee managed to steal some of them before they were melted down.
Basically, every 1933 Double Eagle not in the possession of the US Treasury Department is stolen.
You don't get to keep something just because you didn't know it was hot.
These are stolen goods - the only ground for complaint is that the government has been more lenient with some people who have been caught with them and harsher with others.
The government would probably argue that there were issues of diplomacy there that don't apply to domestic law enforcement.
8 posted on
12/06/2006 2:10:31 PM PST by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: grjr21
Hey, they voted for Roosevelt! </sarc, sort of>
To: grjr21
"The daughter and grandsons of Israel Switt contend the government illegally seized the "double eagle" coins after they brought them to the U.S. Mint to be authenticated in 2004."
I would think a coin dealer would know not to bring this to the gov and instead, go to PGS or the like for authentication and grading.
34 posted on
12/07/2006 8:29:48 AM PST by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: grjr21
The daughter and grandsons of Israel Switt contend the government illegally seized the "double eagle" coins after they brought them to the U.S. Mint to be authenticated in 2004. Poor research and execution. There are coin experts in Brazil, too. ;)
46 posted on
12/07/2006 9:46:32 AM PST by
Mr. Jeeves
("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: grjr21
Arrest them. Those coins were supposed to be melted down.
68 posted on
12/07/2006 6:09:23 PM PST by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: grjr21
Their first mistake was to trust the government.
90 posted on
12/08/2006 10:42:03 AM PST by
unixfox
(The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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