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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 7662589, member: 73489&quot;]Weitzman apparently doesn&#039;t have the coin connections to pull something like that off, even if it COULD be done.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if there ever was a switch, it took place DECADES ago, long before Stuart Weitzman owned this coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Going back further, Steve Fenton owned the coin and it was purchased from someone in the Egyptian military who presumably got the actual Farouk coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Their are so few 1933 Saints floating around that it is hard to believe that someone had the opportunity to swap coins.&nbsp; And.....<b><i>wouldn&#039;t you be more interested in swapping OUT OF the current coin -- with those leg gashes -- than keeping it ? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>My understanding is that the catalog from the auction where the Farouk Saint was pulled (at the Treasury&#039;s request) might not match up with the current coin but the pictures are very low-def and also might be stock pictures.&nbsp; There may or may not also be a picture in a book which leads to questions on provenance. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless...this is the only 1933 Saint LEGAL to own.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #0000ff">For now.......</span></i></b><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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