[scory]

Yes. I do recall reading many years ago about speculation as to how many 1933 double eagles were "out there". I don't recall that any specific number of coins was known to have been stolen. This article implies there are more. So this incident ought to provide a good lesson to anyone holding one or more of these things. I am sure that if one ever comes up for sale again no one will hear of it but the buyer, seller and maybe one or two middle-men.

This woman's father was guilty of receiving stolen goods and the mint was correct in its action.

[atomic_dog]

There are at least two or three more out there that people in the trade have seen. But they are stolen property and will be seized if they shpw up in public. I had not actually noticed at frist that the woman in the article was the niece of Israel Switt. Heh heh, he's the guy who bought them from George McCann who stole them. He beat the rap on a technicality as I recall. I think statute of limitation expired between the time they were stolen (1933 or 1934) and the time they tracked it down (1944).