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<p>[QUOTE="KLJ, post: 207840, member: 1910"]The one released to Egypt was released in 1944. Where was it in the previous 11 years? Simply because an entity, be it the government, a company, or an individual, declares something stolen doesn't make it stolen. And if the government can't prove or disprove that the one legalized coin was the one released to Egypt, how can they prove or disprove that one of the 10 the Langbord family provided is or isn't the released coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>Not that I think that anyone's case is open and shut. So far, until the most recent CW, I'd heard only one side of the story (the Langbord's). Now, reading the government's response, I'm not so sure of who's right or wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>And before anybody asks, I'm not a lawyer. I'm a minister. My law experience is limited to Con Law classes in HS and college, my best man being a Federal Judge, and growing up the son of a politician in one of the most litigious states in the Union (Maryland). Which probably means, in all fairness, I know just enough to be dangerous, but not enough to comment intelligently. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KLJ, post: 207840, member: 1910"]The one released to Egypt was released in 1944. Where was it in the previous 11 years? Simply because an entity, be it the government, a company, or an individual, declares something stolen doesn't make it stolen. And if the government can't prove or disprove that the one legalized coin was the one released to Egypt, how can they prove or disprove that one of the 10 the Langbord family provided is or isn't the released coin? Not that I think that anyone's case is open and shut. So far, until the most recent CW, I'd heard only one side of the story (the Langbord's). Now, reading the government's response, I'm not so sure of who's right or wrong. And before anybody asks, I'm not a lawyer. I'm a minister. My law experience is limited to Con Law classes in HS and college, my best man being a Federal Judge, and growing up the son of a politician in one of the most litigious states in the Union (Maryland). Which probably means, in all fairness, I know just enough to be dangerous, but not enough to comment intelligently. :D[/QUOTE]
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