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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2135372, member: 73489&quot;]Apparently, in the past, the government did NOT have the burden of proof.&nbsp; That&#039;s why the Silver Bullet in the Farook coin was the Export License for the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">I don&#039;t think the Langobord&#039;s can prove the coins were legally obtained...and I don&#039;t think the government can prove the coins were ever &#039;stolen.&#039; </span></b> In fact, if they were stolen (clearly not by Izzy Switt), they were stolen by the/a Mint employee who knew guys like Izzy...and the government should have gone after him decades ago and obtained the list of individuals he dealt with.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not <b><i>&#039;beyond a reasonable doubt&#039; </i></b>but I think it&#039;s pretty clear that Izzy got the coins via an exchange.&nbsp; This &#039;gray area&#039; may have led him to believe HE did something wrong (he didn&#039;t, if anybody did it was the Mint employees for maybe taking liberties with early-release protocol) and that&#039;s why he hid the coins and clammed up all these years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, if he got coins via early release for many years, just by saying that&#039;s how he got the 1933 DE&#039;s he escapes legal jeopardy.&nbsp; But he would have to give back the coins or tell who he gave them to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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