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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2178898, member: 28107&quot;]Then why does Hernandez (PCGS Board of Experts) mention that Mint employees were allowed to purchase these at face value and &quot;asked&quot; after the fact to return them?&nbsp; I am sure he has a source from somewhere and didn&#039;t pull it out of his magic hat.&nbsp; Moreover, there is a difference between &quot;asking&quot; someone to do something and legally compelling someone to do something.&nbsp; You can ask me to do anything you want, and I will likely tell you no.&nbsp; If the pieces were obtained by employees via this method, I do not think the government has any legal claim to them, and the pieces cannot be said to be stolen government property since these were taken with consent initially.&nbsp; That negates the intent required to sustain theft.&nbsp; And if these were not stolen, then there is nothing to my knowledge that would make them illegal notwithstanding the Treasury&#039;s department claims.&nbsp; That would mean that they cannot be seized or a forfeiture filed against them, which is tantamount to saying that these pieces would be de facto legal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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