But the Mint is like every other government entity. It screws up occasionally.
Too much time has passed. The coins belong to the family.
Most likely means nothing....It's like kinda, sorta, mighta, woulda, coulda....
If she had sold them, the government still would have taken 38-50%, so this actually shows that they aren’t content with less than 100%. The thief here is the our government. This is what comes of some people thinking that it is OK to steal from a man, as long as they hold a proper vote on the issue.
One of the two coins mentioned wa presented to the then Secretary Treasurer and sold as part of his estate.Ah hah....so they did "give away"....
Check wiki...double eagle, gauden
Why were these $20 gold coins named double eagle? Was there a a $10 dollar gold coin at the time?
The lack of research and understanding reflected in this title is staggering! You read the title and you think of a national symbol of a "double-headed" eagle like Russia or Austria, neither of which has anything to do with this story's content.
This "Double Eagle" is the colloquial name given for years to the $20 gold piece issued by the US Mint as an "Eagle" meant $10 and a half-Eagle meant $5. There is a program run frequently on Smithsonian, Discover and other cable channels that gives the history of this ruckus. A funny fact from that program related how the $7.59 million in 2002 was based upon the mistaken impression that there was only a single example left unmelted. When these other coins were discovered you can imagine how much that bidders coin lost in value.
I still find it amazing that FDR was able to declare the private ownership of gold illegal so easily and then have that order last so long!
Just wait till the gubmint seyz that they truly owns that gold coins/bars you’ve been hoarding.
It is only your patriotic duty to fork over.
I wonder if intimidation entered into the verdict. I know I wouldn’t have wanted to be on that jury.
Possession is 9/10ths of the law ... (unless you have something the government wants).