[ifinnegan]

Your premise is wrong I think.

These Coins were never in circulation.

The question is, can stolen property become private property.

[Gaffer]

Apparently the government didn’t prove they were stolen.

[kiryandil]

The question is, can stolen property become private property.

Sounds like it just did. LOL!

The Gruberment stole it at gunpoint, and now AMAZINGLY, an appeals court ruled that the stolen property is once again, private property.

Too bad for the thieving gruberment goons...

[Kid Shelleen]

I am not sure where we disagree.
You summarized it elegantly but I think it is clear the coins were stolen by someone with connections at the mint.
According to the Court of Appeals:
"the Government opted to ignore” a federal law governing seized property."
were improperly confiscated by the government in 2004

[duffee]

Were they proven stolen? Is there a record of when they were stolen? Is there proof they were illegally obtained? Is there a date of when they went missing? Were any of the people who possessed the coins when they were confiscated alive when the coins went missing? Can the government prove they had legal possession of the coins when they went missing? Will the government come for my early half dollars?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I too understood it as you say.

[Domangart]

In order to prove a loss, you have to have a reduction in inventory. All records show no loss.