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<p>[QUOTE="petronius, post: 3099645, member: 37365"]No risk of melting <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>Greg Weinman, senior legal counsel of the Mint, at the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists spring show, said that "<i>the 10 never-issued gold double eagles that have been secured at Fort Knox since their recovery by the U.S. Mint in 2005 will never be melted. In fact, although the Mint considers the 10 1933 gold pieces as “chattel,” that is, government property, holding that they were never monetized, or legally issued as money, the bureau also embraces the gold pieces as “national treasures</i>.” </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2018/05/10-1933-gold-double-eagles-safe-from-fed-destruction.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2018/05/10-1933-gold-double-eagles-safe-from-fed-destruction.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2018/05/10-1933-gold-double-eagles-safe-from-fed-destruction.html</a></p><p> </p><p>petronius <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="petronius, post: 3099645, member: 37365"]No risk of melting :D Greg Weinman, senior legal counsel of the Mint, at the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists spring show, said that "[I]the 10 never-issued gold double eagles that have been secured at Fort Knox since their recovery by the U.S. Mint in 2005 will never be melted. In fact, although the Mint considers the 10 1933 gold pieces as “chattel,” that is, government property, holding that they were never monetized, or legally issued as money, the bureau also embraces the gold pieces as “national treasures[/I].” [url]https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2018/05/10-1933-gold-double-eagles-safe-from-fed-destruction.html[/url] petronius :)[/QUOTE]
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