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<p>[QUOTE="Lawtoad, post: 1218896, member: 31685"]This issue is not of any statute of limitations, but one of stolen government property. The coins were never officially released for circulation and any that left the mint did so clandestinely. No one in this hobby or that would have an interest in Double Eagles could have any doubt that they were illegal to possess. There have been claims of 1933 Double Eagles existing for years, and yes the Secret Service will seize any. This is not unlike the claims of 1964 Peace Dollars which purportedly exist. If they exist they were illegally obtained and illegally removed from the mint. That being said, I agree that the real money here will be made by legal fees charged by lawyers and extremely unlikely the family will get anything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lawtoad, post: 1218896, member: 31685"]This issue is not of any statute of limitations, but one of stolen government property. The coins were never officially released for circulation and any that left the mint did so clandestinely. No one in this hobby or that would have an interest in Double Eagles could have any doubt that they were illegal to possess. There have been claims of 1933 Double Eagles existing for years, and yes the Secret Service will seize any. This is not unlike the claims of 1964 Peace Dollars which purportedly exist. If they exist they were illegally obtained and illegally removed from the mint. That being said, I agree that the real money here will be made by legal fees charged by lawyers and extremely unlikely the family will get anything.[/QUOTE]
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