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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Krasnaya Vityaz, post: 125098, member: 1791&quot;]The curious thing about the coins discussed in this thread, and looking at it from afar, is that the USA Government has a hit or miss attitude with how it manages the coins supposedly not legally made or released.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance the 1913 Liberty Head Nickle, produced without authorization by a mint official and then taken out without authorization.&nbsp; Legal to own.</p><p><br /></p><p>1933 Double Eagle $20 coin, one is legal to own, the others are not.&nbsp; The one that was legalized was made so by special arrangement and auctioned, yet there were some 10 others seized from an owner last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>1964 Peace Dollar, not legal to own, but rumored to have been bought by mint employees at the mint that made them during that year and some not returned.&nbsp; Not legal to own.</p><p><br /></p><p>1974 Aluminum cent, was a pattern coin, examples distributed to the Congress for example, some taken as souvenirs apparently, not all returned to the mint.&nbsp; Rumored for a long time to be out there and then finally one did turn up and was authenticated, the Secret Service stayed out of this one though and just let it go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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