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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 6293226, member: 73489&quot;]<b><i><span style="color: #0000ff">1933&#039;s ?</span></i></b>&nbsp; I don&#039;t think so since they would have had to have gone to the Philadelphia Mint to get them and they would then have their name/order in the register/ledger.&nbsp; This would have been a 100% legit, legal 1933 Saint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anybody who got one from Switt or Kosoff or one of the other bigtime Philly or NYC dealers would be well known and easy to track down.&nbsp; These coins were considered &quot;stolen&quot; by the frauds in the Treasury/Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>What I think might be in some SDB&#039;s......are some of the 1929-32 ultra-rare Saints....some 1907 High Reliefs....and some other random years hopefully in high-mint condition.</u></p><p><br /></p><p><b>It&#039;s now been almost 90 years since the last Saint was struck.</b>&nbsp; Anybody whose father/mother got one and stored it in a jewelry box or SDB certainly inherited it by now AND is probably getting up there in age, too.&nbsp; If they haven&#039;t come out by now, the probably don&#039;t exist.&nbsp; Any quantities are probably very low based on longevity and probabilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a grandchild (child of the 1st person to inherit) or 2nd person to inherit now has the coin(s)....they are probably young enough to know about the TPGs and the Internet and realize the value of any well-preserved coin, plus the rare dates.&nbsp; It&#039;s easy to track down the auction houses or others who specialize in them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would doubt many people in more rural or Midwestern locales would have a stray Saint, rare date or otherwise.&nbsp; Most of the people who you would expect to have them would be people in and around major cities like NY, Philly, Boston, etc.&nbsp; Immigrants and their offspring who distrusted governments and/or banks would be the ones to squirrel them away.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish someone had done a book with all the different stories on people who inherited these coins and their stories from the initial purchase, the hand-me-down, the trip to the auction house or jewelry store or coin shop.&nbsp; Would be fascinating to hear all the varied stories...but I venture to guess you&#039;d see a few common themes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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