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Message:: [QUOTE="Caleb, post: 1686993, member: 32795"]As I said before, “ownership is a different subject.” Who says it was not issued? Tom DeLorey started a thread over on PCGS’ message board which is kind of interesting. <a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=886005" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=886005" rel="nofollow">http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=886005</a> So were the 1964-D Peace dollars issued, even for a few hours? We may never know, but it is fun to think about. As to this comment This is a whole different story. Were the 1974 aluminum cents dispersed by mint officials? How were they handed out? Why does the Government still think they have ownership (hopefully not just because they say so)? If the members of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate were required to turn the coins back in, why were there no prosecutions for “misappropriation of property” or “theft” for the members that did not? If the 1974 aluminum cents were just handed out to members of Congress and other dignitaries for the purpose of seeing if the color change and composition would be acceptable with no written or implied condition that they had to be returned to the Government, then I say they were issued. The fact that the Government did not seek any prosecutions at the time weakens their position. [/QUOTE]