Article has info on Finds in England

[Teddybear]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/family-fights-government-over-rare-double-eagle-gold-151853030.html

 

[flash5153]

OH MAN!!! Sounds like allot of loose ends on this one. Why would they take them to the U.S. Treasury??? But then again,,I'm sure they didn't expect this.

 

[Muddyshoes]

OH MAN!!! Sounds like allot of loose ends on this one. Why would they take them to the U.S. Treasury??? But then again,,I'm sure they didn't expect this.

Any legitimate collector or dealer who would pay exorbitant amounts of money for these wouldn't touch coins that supposedly shouldn't exist in the wild, without authentication... much less 10 of them. Granted, you don't take all 10 to be authenticated. 1, maybe, but not all. But that being said, who knows how many others he might have in a safe place?

As for the other story, it's what greed does to people. Same thing happened in the 1840s gold rush in the states... people starting out as friends and ending as steadfast enemies.

 

[flash5153]

OH MAN!!! Sounds like allot of loose ends on this one. Why would they take them to the U.S. Treasury??? But then again,,I'm sure they didn't expect this.

Any legitimate collector or dealer who would pay exorbitant amounts of money for these wouldn't touch coins that supposedly shouldn't exist in the wild, without authentication... much less 10 of them. Granted, you don't take all 10 to be authenticated. 1, maybe, but not all. But that being said, who knows how many others he might have in a safe place?

As for the other story, it's what greed does to people. Same thing happened in the 1840s gold rush in the states... people starting out as friends and ending as steadfast enemies.

It is true what you say but they could have been authenticated by many other company's. Even though these other company's may realize the same thing,,,,,,they would not confiscate the coins. I really don't know what they would do,,but I don't think they are obligated to alert the U. S treasury,,but instead the owner of the coins on the situation. And then it could be possible the finder's of these coins would still have them,,,lawyer ed up ,,,authenticated ,,,and fighting a different fight. lol

But then again,,,I really don't know how any certain Company would handle it.

 

[fongu]

I think the government overstepped their bounds. Unless they can prove he (jeweler), did not exchange some bullion for it, the heirs should own it. Even if it was stolen and I don't think it was, the statute of limitations should have ran out a long time ago. Who was FDR to make Americans turn their gold in and melt it down anyway. The U.S. government paid the American citizens $20.00 an ounce for their gold and paid the Europeans $35.00 an ounce for their gold.
Maybe the Chinese are leaning on the politicians to pay some of their debts and they stole these people's inheritance worth nearly $80 million to get them off their backs. This is the same government who sent over 22,000 factories employing 500 or more Americans to China and used tax payer money to do it. Maybe these people need to declare their selves Chinese to get some respect.
Besides death and taxes, one thing you can count on is the American politicians of all parties care more about citizens of other countries than they do the good old USA. Anything they touch, they screw up. General Motors is a prime example. The Federal Reserve and Parity for farmers are others and the looting of social security for welfare recipients and illegal aliens, federal right to abortion and free sex change operations for those individuals who just can't find their selves. Maybe that's why the American dollar is worth about 4 cents these days.
America, what a great country it used to be when we knew right from wrong.