This from Coin World. More on the 1933 double eagle, for those interested. https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...double-eagle-already-in-Mint-custody.all.html
I wish they would just melt them. If they aren't going to sell them they could at least stop wasting money on them
I was at this presentation, the mint sent Greg Weinman, 2 Secret Service Agents, and 2 1933's. Greg Weinman, Attorney, US Mint, Video Producer, David Lisot, CoinTelevision.com. The US Mint announces a major display of the 1933 gold Double Eagles and related material.
Litigation wasn’t a waste in this case. It kept an arrogant family from collecting millions of dollars by selling stolen government property. Money well spent in this humble taxpayer’s opinion.
To me, the court case was a refreshing reminder that anything DOESN’T go, despite what too many people believe and expect.
To me it's been nothing but corruption from the start and backroom dealings. They're just protecting the one they had ownership in and we have no idea what did or did not happen in those days. The gold was right though so they should at least have to replace the gold they took from the family since if they supposedly stole it they replaced the gold. It's been a joke the entire time to spend 10s if not 100s of millions over many decades chasing something that doesn't matter instead of making money off the taxes of the sales.
Neither would selling them but either way would put it to rest. They're either destroyed and more money isn't wasted dragging them around the country or they recoup a little money selling them
No risk of melting Greg Weinman, senior legal counsel of the Mint, at the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists spring show, said that "the 10 never-issued gold double eagles that have been secured at Fort Knox since their recovery by the U.S. Mint in 2005 will never be melted. In fact, although the Mint considers the 10 1933 gold pieces as “chattel,” that is, government property, holding that they were never monetized, or legally issued as money, the bureau also embraces the gold pieces as “national treasures.” https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...-double-eagles-safe-from-fed-destruction.html petronius
Since the Langboard specimens have been officially declared stolen government property, why can’t the government monetize them, put them up for auction, and just pocket the proceeds? It is a less-stupid solution to a stupid situation.
