I ONLY READ IT FOR THE GREAT ARTICLES Público Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 11, March 14, 2004, Article 22
I ONLY READ IT FOR THE GREAT ARTICLES
Kavan Ratnatunga writes: "There is a 9-page article in the
April 2004 issue of Playboy magazine about the famous
1933 double eagle, with very interesting details of the sting
operation which netted the coin for the government. I'm not
sure if it has been published before. Anyway it's a legit reason
to buy the issue to read the article :-)It begins: "Curse of the Double Eagle : It's the world's most
desired coin: Millionaires, crooks and kings have all loved
and lost an ultra-rare 1933 gold piece known as the
Saint-Gaudens double eagle. Stolen from the U.S. Mint nearly
70 years ago, it flipped from one rich man's pocket into
another's until the Secret Service finally nabbed it in an
undercover sting operation. But could our government resist
the chance to profit from this $7.5 million anomaly?"I also found this article, which is about how his lawyer got the
U.K. dealer off the hook. UK Article- 2004-03-14
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