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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1219066, member: 66&quot;]The Farouk coin was purchased from B Max Mehl and as per the current legal requirements an export license was applied for and was granted.&nbsp; It was granted on the grounds that it was a coin of recognized value to collectors and legal to own under the presidential order.&nbsp; As such an export license could be granted.&nbsp; This occurred several months before the Secret service got involved and started confiscating coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1933 through 1944 the 1933 double eagles were openly bought and sold, and even advertised for sale.&nbsp; No one tried to hide these coins.&nbsp; And it was a different specimen being auctioned in 1944, not the Farouk coin, that led to the crack down by the authorities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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