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The burden of proof that the current owners have no legal right to the coins should be on the government. This is something that they are very reluctant to ever concede, mostly because it threatens their various property confiscation drug war rackets.

If they can't prove the coins are stolen, they should belong to the people who had them.

Of course, the government gonna do what the government gonna do. All money and property is their's, they just let us use things for a while.

[kiryandil]

Of course, the government gonna do what the government gonna do. All money and property is their's, they just let us use things for a while.

Yep - now they're making noises about creating "The King's Money":

Citi Economist Says It Might Be Time to Abolish Cash [Link Only]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3279962/posts