2006-10-20 20:33:51 · 4 answers · asked by Lee W 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
If you do some reseach, you will find that most of those coins were not legally minted and / or released, and "found their way out the back door".
2006-10-21 15:03:44 · answer #1 · answered by F. Frederick Skitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most don't now. If you have a 1974 aluminum cent, a 1964 dollar, or a 1933 Gold double eagle, the US will confiscate it. The one 1933 sold has a weird history, and it is the only one that a person can own. The 1913 v nickel should have been confiscated but for some reason the treasury never pursued it.
The mint used to sell off coins like that regularly, but a series of laws at the end of the 19th century made any further sales illegal, and the coins forever the property of the US government. Somebody recently had some 1933 double eagles impounded by the government as illegal.
2006-10-23 18:05:20 · answer #2 · answered by medoraman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do people ask questions that don't make sense?
2006-10-21 07:59:12 · answer #3 · answered by eagle1uctn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause they are worth
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2006-10-21 04:05:25 · answer #4 · answered by C T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋