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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tradernick, post: 208112, member: 648&quot;]Then fetch me a rum &amp; coke, and don&#039;t be chintzy with the rum!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I seem to recall reading that the 1933 Saints were NEVER authorized to circulate or leave the mint, except as noted for the Smithsonian pieces and the Farouk coin.&nbsp; Any extant coins then would have to have been taken covertly out of the mint...stolen.&nbsp; </p><p>Am I wrong here?&nbsp; Can anyone reference official records that state otherwise?&nbsp; If they were allowed into circulation, even for 60 seconds &quot;over the counter&quot; at the mint, the government would not be so hardnosed about this.&nbsp; They would not have a case.&nbsp; But I believe the facts are that the coins were ordered melted and never authorized for release.&nbsp; If this is true, then they will undoubtedly win this fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone (one of the Franks, I think) stated earlier that Mr. Switt likely made a deal with the mint director.&nbsp; I think a far more credible story is that he made a deal with a mint employee!&nbsp; Remember, the mint has always kept immaculate and very thorough records, and there are no records of any groups of these coins being authorized to leave the building.&nbsp; If they WERE allowed to be removed, there would be forms fastidiously done in triplicate to document the order.&nbsp; Nowhere is there a bigger paperwork empire than the house of Uncle Sam.</p><p><br /></p><p>tradernick[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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