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<p>[QUOTE="Vroomer2, post: 172502, member: 80251"]<span style="color: black">In 1947, L. G. Barnard of Memphis challenged the seizure of his coin. The Federal prosecutor and Treasury lawyer argued that "no 1933 double eagle, except the 2 in the Smithsonian's collection, could have left the mint, so Barnard's coin must have been stolen. And if it had been stolen, it belonged to the United States." (page 104, Double Eagle by Allison Frankel)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">Two other cases ended similarly for 1933's, one in 1947 and one in 1956. So there is a judicial precedent that all has decreed all 1933's to be considered stolen.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">....</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vroomer2, post: 172502, member: 80251"][COLOR=black]In 1947, L. G. Barnard of Memphis challenged the seizure of his coin. The Federal prosecutor and Treasury lawyer argued that "no 1933 double eagle, except the 2 in the Smithsonian's collection, could have left the mint, so Barnard's coin must have been stolen. And if it had been stolen, it belonged to the United States." (page 104, Double Eagle by Allison Frankel)[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Two other cases ended similarly for 1933's, one in 1947 and one in 1956. So there is a judicial precedent that all has decreed all 1933's to be considered stolen.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black]....[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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