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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NorthKorea, post: 2483627, member: 29643&quot;]So, I always wondered what a gander was... turns out, it&#039;s a male goose. So, the saying is what&#039;s good for any random goose must be good for any random subset of goose. That actually makes sense. It&#039;s like saying &quot;If all letters have sounds, then all consonants have sounds.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">[edited - &quot;unrelated&quot; political comments removed]</span></p><p><br /></p><p>As for this case... I think it differs from the other pattern coin situations, as this case had a clearly defined chain of custody. Either the coin belongs to the US government or it doesn&#039;t. If it does, then it&#039;s back with its rightful owner. If it doesn&#039;t, then, as baseball21 insists, the government can, at its option, return equivalent weight in metals or dollar value of the underlying commodities... or charge the family with counterfeiting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, that said, the question becomes: Did the original possessor from the family know that the coin was stolen? If so, did they tell the family how the coin was acquired? If there&#039;s enough folklore, it&#039;s entirely possible that an argument can be made that the family would be guilty of willful possession of stolen goods.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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