Thursday, August 25, 2005

Don't Take your Rare Coins to the US Mint

It looks like they seized these Double Eagle Gold Coins without a good reason when they were taken in for verification.

David Lebryk, acting director of the Mint, had announced in a news release that the rare coins, which were never put in circulation, had been taken from the Mint "in an unlawful manner" in the mid-1930's and now were "recovered."

What evidence do they have that they were taken from the Mint in an unlawful manner? Do they have witnesses or finger print evidence or something? I guess a friend at the mint may had given or perhaps sold this guy the coins. Whatever the case the Mint is going to be the last place to take super expensive coins for verification. They might take them.

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