But Berke said Mint officials couldn't prove the coins had been stolen, or were subject to forfeiture.
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Well, the first problem was the gentlemen took the coins to the mint. Mistake one.
The second was trusting them -- and you see what happened. This guy has been robbed by persons seeking now to posess very high value marketable collectibles, and the government is going to try and get away with ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY in robbing this man who had possession of these coins. I am a collector and there have been many instances of government employees deliberately committing fraud and theft of rare and special specimens for monetary gain.
I hope this man fights these crooks and gets HIS coins back.
You can also bet that at least some of those 10 coins will get lost again.
Yep - this is one case where I hope a good shyster lawyer squeezes every last buck from those thieves.