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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KLJ, post: 59638, member: 1910&quot;]There was one in August 2004 issue of the <i>Numismatist</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Because they&#039;ve traded hands unimpeded several times without Federal intervention, the government would have a hard time making a case to reclaim those coins, but the circumstances of their creation and/or dispersal are questionable.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming the Mint sold (or traded) the coins to Mint employees, that is a legal transaction.&nbsp; The coins were released.&nbsp; Just because the Mint wants to recall them doesn&#039;t mean they can, legally.&nbsp; A car dealer can&#039;t come and take back the Ford Edsel you bought simply because Ford changed their mind on the car.&nbsp; However, the Federal Government could make your life very difficult if you don&#039;t bend to their will.&nbsp; In many ways, that&#039;s exactly what happened with the 1933 Double Eagles.&nbsp; The government just kept taking them back until somebody had the brass, and the paperwork, to tell them to stick it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes.&nbsp; The real question is, do you have the brass, paperwork, and patience to tell them to stick it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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