Warning: this article will really piss you off...jackboots taking your stuff. Can they seize your gold or silver? Yep, I say the precedent has been set.
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To: CincyRichieRich
These coins were never monitized therefore they are not legal tender, they are still the property of the US Treasury/US Mint. The same could be said about the 1913 V Nickel, but those were an illegal strike not authorized by the mint.
2 posted on
08/30/2011 12:36:03 PM PDT by
LukeL
(Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
To: CincyRichieRich
The Federal Government under FDR confiscated the gold holdings of U.S. citizens during the Great Depression, and got away with it clean. Of course they will do it again whenever it befits their purpose. Bank on it (no pun intended).
3 posted on
08/30/2011 12:37:00 PM PDT by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: CincyRichieRich
4 posted on
08/30/2011 12:37:12 PM PDT by
GraceG
To: CincyRichieRich
can the AMERICAN CITIZEN REVOLT?...YOU BET
7 posted on
08/30/2011 12:41:08 PM PDT by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: CincyRichieRich
Should have melted them down.
8 posted on
08/30/2011 12:41:13 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
To: CincyRichieRich
What Gold?!? All my gold fell off the boat into the river in the same boating accident where I lost all my guns. Yep, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
9 posted on
08/30/2011 12:41:22 PM PDT by
apillar
To: gunsequalfreedom; SeekAndFind
10 posted on
08/30/2011 12:41:30 PM PDT by
null and void
(Day 949 of America's holiday from reality...)
To: CincyRichieRich
Not if they can’t find it.
12 posted on
08/30/2011 12:43:20 PM PDT by
WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: CincyRichieRich
13 posted on
08/30/2011 12:44:17 PM PDT by
Birdsbane
("Onward through the fog!" ... Oat Willie)
To: CincyRichieRich
No one knows for sure exactly how they got out They were stolen. They are the US government's property...
14 posted on
08/30/2011 12:45:17 PM PDT by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: CincyRichieRich
I pity the fool who comes after my gold.
16 posted on
08/30/2011 12:46:54 PM PDT by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: CincyRichieRich
There’s pretty much a consensus that those coins were illegally removed from the US Mint though. So they are technically stolen property. So I would not lump this case in with other government seizures. These coins never did belong to the people who were in possession of them, imo. They remained the property of the US Mint.
17 posted on
08/30/2011 12:47:37 PM PDT by
ltc8k6
To: CincyRichieRich
I will state this here for future reference... not only can they seize your wealth... if we do not elect a true Conservative warrior and start shunning politicians... THEY WILL EVENTUALLY TAKE EVERYTHING WE HAVE... THEN THEY WILL COME FOR US!
LLS
19 posted on
08/30/2011 12:57:15 PM PDT by
LibLieSlayer
(Certified Al Palin Hobbit Terrorist)
To: CincyRichieRich
20 posted on
08/30/2011 12:58:30 PM PDT by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: CincyRichieRich
No one OWNS anything in this country, it can ALL be taken by force of arms by uncle sham and his trained gorillas when they want it.
And there’s really nothing anyone can do about it except die n a futile gesture of resistance.
We’ve all been property for a long, long time.
22 posted on
08/30/2011 1:08:31 PM PDT by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
To: CincyRichieRich
Moral of the story is don’t never tell the gubmint nuttin’.
23 posted on
08/30/2011 1:09:06 PM PDT by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: CincyRichieRich
I have a 1933 $20 coin. I keep it in the Ark of the Covenant with my Holy Grail. The government is welcome to come search for their coin but they have to quest for the Ark and the Grail first.
24 posted on
08/30/2011 1:09:37 PM PDT by
MeganC
(Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
To: CincyRichieRich
How did a Philadelphia family get hold of $40 million in gold coins, ... An absurd valuation from the beginning. A single coin with the history that the Farouk 1933 Double-Eagle possesses, is a singular rarity and thus commands the way upscale pricing for it's uniqueness. Sold today with the knowledge that there are 10+ in existence would probably drop its value to $3-4 million with its provenance intact.
The 10+ remaining siblings that were never legally in circulation? Even if made legal tender, they would be in the $500k+ range as very rare exemplars. In 2009 a 1932 Double Eagle was advertised for retail sale at $75k (MS64 - near gem quality). Thus the $40 million of the title is laughable!
As for the confiscation of gold, this possession was the result of an original theft from the US Government. I do not expect heirs of thieves to gain from the theft.
29 posted on
08/30/2011 1:16:15 PM PDT by
SES1066
(1776 to 2011, 235 years and counting in the GRAND EXPERIMENT!)
To: CincyRichieRich
The Lone Ranger Rides Again!
To: CincyRichieRich
Eat your gold.
31 posted on
08/30/2011 1:18:40 PM PDT by
bgill
(just getting tagline ready for 6 months after you vote in Perry - Tried to warn you he's a RINO.)
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