New Government Legal Tack Could Backfire

by NumisMaster on November 7, 2009

in Coin History, Coin Theft/Crime/Legal Cases, Gold Coins, NumisMaster, Rare Coins, U.S. Coins, United States Mint

Litigation surrounding the 1933 double eagles of the Langbord family, whose pater familias Israel Switt has his pedigree on all of the known pieces that the government has seized, took a new twist Sept. 29.

That day the U.S. Mint amended the existing lawsuit to counterclaim for relief not only to require the Langbord family to forfeit the 10 1933 $20 gold coins that they asked the Mint to authenticate, but to seek the same fate for anybody else that has one, too.

In a way, the litigation has come the full circle. But since ...

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