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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 3196558, member: 77639&quot;]The only 1933 double eagles that the government (Treasury Dept.) considered to have left the mint legally were the two given to the Smithsonian.&nbsp; They had to concede the Farouk coin because the State Dept. issued an export permit for it.&nbsp; All others have been and are still considered government property.</p><p><br /></p><p>Patterns spanned the spectrum of legality at the time of their production.&nbsp; Some were created without authorization for sale to collectors; others were authorized with distribution in mind.&nbsp; For patterns, government records indicate whether a particular design and denomination, and in some cases, particular alloys were authorized.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some errors are known to have been created deliberately.&nbsp; Some errors, especially common, minor ones, were almost certainly accidental.&nbsp; Then there’s a bunch where it could be either way.&nbsp; In the case of many error coins, the Treasury Dept. was indifferent to their fate from the outset.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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