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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 26813777, member: 73489&quot;]Anything is possible, but consider this:</p><ul> <li>The law and Treasury/Mint acknowledge that <span style="color: #0000ff"><b>any premium payment by itself indicates &quot;special numismatic value.&quot;</b></span></li> </ul><p> <ul> <li>The courts, Treasury, SS, Mint...all say they are NOT experts in coins or numismatics.&nbsp; They said the folks who deal with them on an everyday basis are the experts.&nbsp;&nbsp; And those experts will <b><span style="color: #0000ff">testify that said coin purchased at a premium has numismatic value and is EXEMPT.</span></b>&nbsp; This was what got Louis Eliasberg into gold coins.</li> </ul><p> <ul> <li><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Treasury may have thought that if the courts gave a split decision, that was no different than a complete loss. </span></b> The Treasury was like a contender for the heavyweight championship fight:&nbsp; they needed a knockout to win.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Split decisions wouldn&#039;t lead to blanket prohibitions above the 5-coin limit (which itself may have been repealed directly or indirectly after 1933).&nbsp; Fear of a court loss led the Treasury to accept a split on the 1933 Double Eagle sale in the late 1990&#039;s.</li> </ul><p><b>I think we can sometimes parse things too much, Jolumoga.</b>&nbsp; Forget the legal interpretations and court decisions and their fears or hopes in court.&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #0000ff">Treasury told the Secret Service:&nbsp; back off.&nbsp; We&#039;re not on solid ground here.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>If the price for 99% of the population turning in their gold was to let the 1% keep playing with it....let them play. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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