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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 655796, member: 112"]But that is what the case hinges on, and what Bowers said in his depositions - there are no records. There was a period of, I think, 2 days or so, perhaps Conder can correct me if I am wrong the time frame, that these coins were legally released via the cashiers window at the mint. That is how all of them got into public hands to begin with. Can't recall right off how many there were, but it was quite a few. It took them until 1948 ? to recover what they did recover. And no, rather obviously, they did not recover all of them. I think it was 14 left outstanding. That means there are more out there yet, unless of course they were melted privately. But just like when they melt the coins, the govt. keeps no records on the date/mint of the coins being melted, the cashier kept no records of date/mint coins being sold - merely that a certain number of them were sold on such and such a day.[/QUOTE]