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Message:: [QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 172399, member: 1242"]As many deals were going on between certain Coin Collectors and the Mints before, during and after 1933, this Mr. Switt more than likely worked out a deal to obtain the coins through the Mint Director! (i.e. many Proof coins and Proof Sets were minted just for specific Coin Collectors, Government Officials and Foreign Dignitaries and sold to them or given to them as gifts but no other individual coins or sets were released for sale or circulation.) Mr. Switt may have obtained these ten (10) 1933 Double Eagles (as well as the other nine (9) that he sold and the U.S. Treasury tracked down and destroyed) through a deal with the Mint Director which should make them legal but the paperwork was long ago lost or misplaced. I think that the U.S. Treasury should transfer authority and protection of the coins to the Federal Marshalls Service until the Court battle is settled. If the coins are then found to be the legal property of Mr. Switt's heirs, then the Court should award his' heirs with the legal right to own and sell the coins. Also, the U.S. Treasury should be ordered by the Court to track down and pay the individuals or their' heirs that obtained the coins from Mr. Switt and amicable value for the coins that were seized and destroyed. Frank[/QUOTE]