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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 7397339, member: 73489&quot;]The Treasury Export License was granted because they had ASSUMED -- incorrectly -- that 1933 Saints had been released.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore, the only question was if the coin had numismatic value to collectors to be allowed to be sent overseas as an exception to FDR&#039;s 1933/34 Executive Orders and govenrment regulations on gold holdings.&nbsp; Nellie Ross (Philly Mint higher-up) checked with some numismatists who said &quot;Yeah, it&#039;s a coin with collector/numismatic value&quot; and they let Farouk&#039;s representative take delivery of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the government realized that they had never&nbsp; been officially released -- as in, the public got coins from the Philly Mint Cashier -- they tried to yank the license and coin, but it was too late.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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