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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2138720, member: 73489&quot;]Right, because he has extensively DOCUMENTED with hard physical evidence (Mint records) that these exchanges took place.&nbsp; He&#039;s just not reciting oral history.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s not what happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>Izzy Switt was in a unique position because he lived in Philadelphia, near the Mint.&nbsp; If you didn&#039;t have a contact at the Mint, they might tell you to get lost.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the exchange policy was just for tours and Mint employees and Izzy know someone, then &#039;schmoozing&#039; with that person gets him his coins.&nbsp; He asks for a favor...the Mint employee does the exchange...Izzy gets the coins.&nbsp; Nothing illegal, just a favor. If you or I show up at the Mint, they could tell us to get lost and wait for the official release.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other coin dealers/collectors -- particularly over in Europe -- are rumoured to possess a 1933 DE.&nbsp; It&#039;s tough to say, because nobody is going to state it and have the Secret Service show up and confiscate the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think the government should lose on the CAFRA thing but I don&#039;t think they should win on the Stolen Merchandise Theory, too.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wish the jurors had been asked about the exchange policies. Most jurors tend to be less-intelligent than the general population because they are the ones who can afford to take off weeks or months for a trial.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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