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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Iskae, post: 1222811, member: 32067&quot;]This case presents some unique circumstances regarding theft.&nbsp; For example, I would imagine that a decent number of coin collectors, myself included, own a coin that was at one point or another stolen from someone else.&nbsp; Is that coin legally property of the person it was originally stolen from (or that person&#039;s descendants)?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Either way you choose to answer, it is still extremely unlikely for such an issue to come to trial, given that it would be almost impossible to prove that it was *my* coin that was stolen from person X one hundred years ago.&nbsp; However, this case eliminates that burden, as the origin and story of the 1933 double eagle is much easier to figure out.&nbsp; Still, it is curious that the government seems to focus on this one coin.&nbsp; It is certainly not the only coin that has leaked into circulation illegally.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully the coins escape destruction.&nbsp; The history to those pieces is remarkable - they deserve a book, not a furnace.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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