1933 $20 on display at ANA
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2 of the 10 coins will be at the ANA so the mint can shove it in your face. I guess they have to show them off somewhere. Does anyone know why they're only bringing 2 out of the 10 coins?
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What insurance? The coins are nothing more than scrap gold per the US Govt....1.935 pure oz is worth about $2420 today. What they don't want is to have those disappear into the darkness again and have to pay experienced agents to track them down.
As a special treat for collectors, the Mint will display two of the ten “1933 Gold Double Eagles” that were the subject of 11 years of litigation, which was recently resolved in favor of the Government, and the “1974-D Aluminum Cent” recovered in 2016. The coins are a part of the rich history of the Mint as it celebrates its 225th Anniversary. This rare experimental test piece as well as the last gold coins intended for circulation will be on display during show hours each day.
"Rich" is an interesting way to describe the Mint's History when so many other undocumented rarities have left the mint under less than appropriate circumstances....and are currently still legal to own.
Are the ex-Langbord coins still in NGC holders and do they still mention the provenance?
I'd hate to be a Mint rep onsite with the 1933s.
In the immortal words of Rhett Butler, “Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn.”
I wonder if any people with knowledge of the litigation over these 10 double eagles who have opposing views on who should have won and who should have lost will get into a "spirited discussion" in front of the display of the coins?
I would hope that any Mint employee(s) minding the display of the coins during the ANA are aware that these coins could be the source of some "spirited discussion" between members of the public.
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mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Now if someone does a 'spirited shift' and replaces them with counterfeit Saints..... Or is that already a movie.... I lose track of all these Hollywood shows... have not been to a theater since '92... Cheers, RickO
How do we know that the ones that the Mint displays aren't standins?
They should set up examples of these two buttons next the Federal Government's ill gotten gains.
The second button was one of over 900 varieties of the 1940 Wendel Willkie "smart Alek" buttons that his supporters issued and sold. The messages on some them would shock you given that it was 1940.
There could also be a one-inch high notice for the government bureaucrat, whose name escapes me, who started the policy of persecuting the collectors who had the 1933 $20 gold pieces in the early 1940s.