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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2379818, member: 66&quot;]Of course at any time the government can still decide that they want to confiscate it and do so.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The mint had been striking steel cents in 43 so it was possible to have leftover steel planchets that could accidentally be struck in 1944.&nbsp; But Denver had not been striking anything in aluminum so there was no place for the planchet to legitimately come from within the mint.&nbsp; it would have to have been brought in from outside by someone. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the mules WAS recovered from circulation.&nbsp; That one they consider legtimate, the others they have declared to be government property.&nbsp; As far as I know though they have never made any overtures to recover them from the man that owns them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The government maintains that it is still government property as well.&nbsp; They just haven&#039;t taken steps to recover it.&nbsp; Let the current holders try and put it up for public auction and that may change.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The mint DID strike a coin in aluminum of the proper size for a cent.&nbsp; But only in 1972 and only at San Francisco (1971 Nepal 2 Pice in proof).&nbsp; The planchet was 18.5 mm pure aluminum.&nbsp; The 1 , 2, and 5 pice coins for this issue are the ONLY aluminum coins the mint has struck for other countries.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes Philadelphia did make aluminum cents, but they were NOT handed out as gifts to the Congressmen.&nbsp; They were distributed to the Congressmen so they could see what the new cents would look like.&nbsp; The Mint requested their return but 12 pieces did not come back.&nbsp; They weren&#039;t gifts, they were actually stolen by the congressmen.&nbsp; So the congressman didn&#039;t have the authority to give away the Toven coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The government maintains that they did NOT have any struck at Denver.&nbsp; The is no record of any order to do so or any record of a shipment of planchets to Denver.&nbsp; There is also no reason they would need to run tests at Denver</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The statute of limitations keeps you from being able to press charges, but it does not transfer ownership.&nbsp; If Izzy Switt was still alive today they could not charge him with the theft of the double eagles, but they could still recover them as being stolen government property.&nbsp; Ownership of stolen property always remains with those it was stolen from.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At one time the government did go after them as not being legal because they didn&#039;t match the standards set forth in the revised statutes of 1874.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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