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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Santinidollar, post: 2483748, member: 75866&quot;]1. The victim of this crime was the United States of America, which has a right to protect its property and discourage stealing by its Mint employees.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. At no time were the 1933s anything but government property. Unauthorized removal constituted a crime.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. The exchange of gold for gold was probably designed solely to disguise the commission of a crime. If it wasn&#039;t, the government still had the sole property right over the 1933 coins and no one had the right to take possession of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. The thief knew that 1933 coins would be extremely valuable. Otherwise, why would have he bothered at the risk of criminal charge (I refer you to his later history). If he didn&#039;t know they would be valuable, he still illegally took unauthorized possession of government property.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Anyone who has property stolen has the right to reclaim it -- regardless of whether someone else has possession of it and has paid a third party for the property.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Anyone possessing stolen property -- either willingly or unwillingly -- can be charged with a crime.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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