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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 25615974, member: 104064&quot;]As far as I can determine, the Toven 1974(P) example is still in private hands. The Lawrence 1974-D example was determined to have been unlawfully removed from the mint and returned after a lengthy court battle. And there is one in the Smithsonian. I recall something about how the Toven example was a different legal situation, since the claim was that a congressman dropped it and Toven, who was a Capitol police officer at the time, was told he could keep it. Since they were given to congresspersons for their evaluation, I suppose the argument is that they legally left the mint, although the mint then wanted them all returned. I don&#039;t know if a determination was ever made about it. A 2016 Coin World article indicates that the mint would still pursue the return of the Toven example if they knew where it was, but I can&#039;t find any developments since then. It&#039;s an interesting story of course. Some sources say upwards of 12-14 of them are still out there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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