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Coin dealer's heirs await ruling
On Jul 12, 11:47*am, Reid Goldsborough
wrote, in part: And if you think there are no 1964-D Peace dollars and 1974 aluminum cents in private hands, having "slipped" out of the Mint, you should probably think again. A 1974 aluminum cent was slabbed by ICG in 2005 (AU-58, if anyone's interested). Checking with various articles on Google, there are an estimated 12 or so aluminum cents still floating around. And it appears the Secret Service isn't interested in getting them back, either. Jerry |
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Coin dealer's heirs await ruling
On Jul 12, 11:47*am, Reid Goldsborough
wrote: On 7/11/2011 1:28 AM, sgt23 wrote: I'd hate to see what would happen to the hobby of numismatics if government wins this case. We could possibly lose a lot of our rights as collects and be limit too what we can collect. Although it will be years before we find out how this will effect our hobby since this will probably be tied up in court for that long. This is not going to affect numismatics in one iota. As others said, it will affect Switt's heirs and the owner of the other 1933 Saint, but nobody else. If anybody thinks Switt didn't know how he acquired these Saints and believes what he said about not remembering, you no doubt believe the TV ads for the "rare" clad copies of Buffalo dollars and such. Switt was very well connected, knowing people inside the Mint. Further, such subterfuge has long been an integral part of the high-end collectable coin trade. Virtually all of the most expensive U.S. coins are associated with illegality or probable illegality: 1933 Saint, 1804 dollar (Class II and III), 1913 Liberty Head nickels, 1885 Trade dollars, others. And if you think there are no 1964-D Peace dollars and 1974 aluminum cents in private hands, having "slipped" out of the Mint, you should probably think again. I have one specimen of each of them right here. Not. But it's nearly certain that others do, though nobody of course is talking openly about this because they too would be seized by the government. I have no proof of this, just a fair amount of assurance based upon talking to a number of people and precedent. -- Consumer:http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur:http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit:http://rg.ancients.info/bogos My fear is that they would try too say well we were able too take this, why not try taking this, this and etc. |
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