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<p>[QUOTE="Treashunt, post: 172469, member: 6763"]Ruben: </p><p> I could not agree with you more! I have been shouting about this case and the previous one (with the Farouk coin) for years. Since, in the Farouk case, the government could not prove that the coin was NOT the Farouk coin, they settled, and the owner agreed to split the proceeds with the government. Those morons (the government) still insisted that the coin be 'monetized' by receiving an additional $20 in cash in order to 'legally monetize' the coin. $3.5 million wasn't enough for those idiots.</p><p> Sorry, but this really steams me. The fact that traditionally anyone could have gotten samples of the new year's coins from the mint, simply by exchanging coins, and legally getting new samples has been stated and then ignored.</p><p> If the coins were stolen, in this case a large number of them, where is the auditor's report stating that 10 or 20 ounces of gold is missing? </p><p> Where? No where, there is no such report. Is there any report of theft? No, Shortage? No.</p><p> Everything is a presumption of theft, or guilt.</p><p> Enough, leave them alone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Treashunt, post: 172469, member: 6763"]Ruben: I could not agree with you more! I have been shouting about this case and the previous one (with the Farouk coin) for years. Since, in the Farouk case, the government could not prove that the coin was NOT the Farouk coin, they settled, and the owner agreed to split the proceeds with the government. Those morons (the government) still insisted that the coin be 'monetized' by receiving an additional $20 in cash in order to 'legally monetize' the coin. $3.5 million wasn't enough for those idiots. Sorry, but this really steams me. The fact that traditionally anyone could have gotten samples of the new year's coins from the mint, simply by exchanging coins, and legally getting new samples has been stated and then ignored. If the coins were stolen, in this case a large number of them, where is the auditor's report stating that 10 or 20 ounces of gold is missing? Where? No where, there is no such report. Is there any report of theft? No, Shortage? No. Everything is a presumption of theft, or guilt. Enough, leave them alone.[/QUOTE]
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