Judge upholds government's claim to $80M in rare gold coins

To be honest, the heirs could be faced with possession of stolen property. Because it was inconvenient for prosecutors to have to prove criminal intent, they eliminated the requirement so that mere possession of stolen property is an offense, even absent any knowledge of it's theft or criminal intent.

They could be facing jail.

 

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That's a matter of opinion. His policies also kept us in the "depression" (think double dip of '37) until WWII. Had WWII not happened, the great "depression" would have lasted much longer.

 

They should have taken them to a country were the US has no jurisdiction and auctioned them privately and anonymously.
Hopefully they might do this with the others they did not declare.

 

That would have been awesome. I could just see the family hosting an auction somewhere in the Caribbean and inviting the world's wealthiest collectors to bid on them. This would have driven the US Government mad, haha.

 

"They should have taken them to a country were the US has no jurisdiction"

North Korea?

Dear Leader to host coin auction.