family is Philly have suing the US mint!
Konahead
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What do you think about the family that found Double eagles in their dead fathers belongings, brought the 10 coins to the mint to authenticate and the mint confiscated the coins claiming they are stolen mint property!
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Fred, Las Vegas, NV
Fred, Las Vegas, NV
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TorinoCobra71
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>family is Philly have suing the US mint! >>
yikes
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<< <i>and they will be put on PERMANENT display........... >>
In the back of the vault.
These coins will never see the light of day in private collection. They will go into the Smithsonian vaults with the rest of the treasures that the politically correct Bozos at the Smithsonian choose NOT to show to the public or even to those who are long time collectors. Some 16 year old interns will get to see them, but if you have been a collector for 40 years and really enjoy the hobby, you are out of luck. That’s the liberal way of running a museum. Children who have not idea what they seeing get to see stuff. Old guys don’t.
Just ask the Boston Public Library to see the original gold medal that was awarded to George Washington for the Evacuation of Boston before the start of the Revolutionary War. You’ll never get the chance despite the fact that in 1876 a group of Boston citizens pooled their funds to buy the piece so that the public WOULD be able to see it in the future.
BillJones strikes again!
<< <i>Well the old coot who originally owned them was not among the finest specimens of the human race. From what I’ve read he was one of those insiders who made deals with less than honest mint employees to get coins few others could obtain. The 1933 double eagles were his greatest coup. He sold some of them and made his money before the situation came to a head, and took the rest (these coins) underground when it got hot. Sadly the final consumers of the coins he did sell paid the penalty. They had their coins confiscated and got nothing in return.
These coins will never see the light of day in private collection. They will go into the Smithsonian vaults with the rest of the treasures that the politically correct Bozos at the Smithsonian choose NOT to show to the public or even to those who are long time collectors. Some 16 year old interns will get to see them, but if you have been a collector for 40 years and really enjoy the hobby, you are out of luck. That’s the liberal way of running a museum. Children who have not idea what they seeing get to see stuff. Old guys don’t.
I absolutely disagree with you, Bill, but we will have to let the judicial system handle it.
I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.
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