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<p>[QUOTE="NPCoin, post: 7639320, member: 5629"]Thank you!! I appreciate your diligence. About a week and a half earlier, the NY Times posted a story regarding the case revealing that "the alleged conspiracy began Nov. 15, 1968, and continued until May 12, 1969..." <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/17/archives/jury-told-of-plot-to-melt-silver-brooklyn-dealer-in-coins-says-he.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/17/archives/jury-told-of-plot-to-melt-silver-brooklyn-dealer-in-coins-says-he.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/17/archives/jury-told-of-plot-to-melt-silver-brooklyn-dealer-in-coins-says-he.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, the next paragraph gives a typo of 1970: "The ban against melting silver coins ended in May 1970". In fact, the executive order was issued effective May 12, 1969...thus the reason the alleged "conspiracy" continued until that date.</p><p><br /></p><p>The order may be found in the Federal Register Vol 34 7681 (May 15, 1969), pg. 7704 under <i>Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury</i>, Chapter 1, Part 82, Revocation of Part. It states the effective date of the revocation was to be immediately, dated as May 12, 1969, stating: "The Silver Coin Regulations are being revoked" and "This revocation terminates the prohibitions on the melting, treating or exporting from the United States of silver coin of the United States" and "Because the revocation relieves existing restrictions, it is found, in accoradnce with 5 U.S.C. 553, that <b>notice and public procedure thereon are unnecessary</b>." and "...Part 82, Chapter I of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, is revoked."</p><p><br /></p><p>You can view this Federal Register from the Library of Congress here: <a href="https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/fedreg/fr034/fr034093/fr034093.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/fedreg/fr034/fr034093/fr034093.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/fedreg/fr034/fr034093/fr034093.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Let's see if there are any <i>current</i> legal code or regulatory references available. Just the facts, Ma'am![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NPCoin, post: 7639320, member: 5629"]Thank you!! I appreciate your diligence. About a week and a half earlier, the NY Times posted a story regarding the case revealing that "the alleged conspiracy began Nov. 15, 1968, and continued until May 12, 1969..." [URL]https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/17/archives/jury-told-of-plot-to-melt-silver-brooklyn-dealer-in-coins-says-he.html[/URL] Now, the next paragraph gives a typo of 1970: "The ban against melting silver coins ended in May 1970". In fact, the executive order was issued effective May 12, 1969...thus the reason the alleged "conspiracy" continued until that date. The order may be found in the Federal Register Vol 34 7681 (May 15, 1969), pg. 7704 under [I]Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury[/I], Chapter 1, Part 82, Revocation of Part. It states the effective date of the revocation was to be immediately, dated as May 12, 1969, stating: "The Silver Coin Regulations are being revoked" and "This revocation terminates the prohibitions on the melting, treating or exporting from the United States of silver coin of the United States" and "Because the revocation relieves existing restrictions, it is found, in accoradnce with 5 U.S.C. 553, that [B]notice and public procedure thereon are unnecessary[/B]." and "...Part 82, Chapter I of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, is revoked." You can view this Federal Register from the Library of Congress here: [URL]https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/fedreg/fr034/fr034093/fr034093.pdf[/URL] Let's see if there are any [I]current[/I] legal code or regulatory references available. Just the facts, Ma'am![/QUOTE]
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