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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 3020893, member: 77639&quot;]The government has been actively confiscating 1933 double eagles for decades whenever they have come to its attention.&nbsp; The Langbord coins are only the most recent action.&nbsp; It has been aware of 1913 liberty head nickels for a long time as well as earlier unauthorized coins coming from the mint, but has taken no action.&nbsp; There is a legal principle that if the government is aware of potentially confiscatable property for a long time and takes no action, then there comes a point where it&#039;s no longer entitled to confiscate it. &quot;Long time&quot; is subject to judicial interpretation, but I imagine half century easily qualifies.&nbsp; The government has been aware of the 1913 nickels for longer than that.&nbsp; &quot;Action&quot; is also subject to judicial interpretation.&nbsp; Even a simple statement by the government like &quot;those coins are ours&quot; might suffice.&nbsp; I&#039;m not aware that even that much has been done.&nbsp; So by its inaction, the government has given tacit approval to private ownership of the 1913 nickels as well as patterns in the Judd book at least through 1942.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t mean some Treasury Dept. official won&#039;t try to confiscate them, but chances are the private owners would prevail in court.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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