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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 6471, member: 112&quot;]I think the point Nd was making is that the coins he mentioned were not released by the Mint - even by accident. In the old days - it was common practice for some Mint employees to make side deals with friends or notable people. A person would ask for a coin - a pattern a Proof whatever - and the Mint employee would agree to get them one - for a price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Technically these coins were not legally issued or released. Therefore it is questionable if they are legal to own. But so far - the Mint has not done anything about it. There were times in the past though that the Mint did agree to make deals - say a collector had something he wasn&#039;t supposed to have. They offered him something else he could not get otherwise if he would return the given coin. Such things did happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either way - there are coins that are not legal to own that are owned by certain collectors. Will anything ever be done about it ? That remains to be seen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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