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Ten rare 1933
St Gaudens whose provenance was recently disputed in Federal Court (Image
source: www.carmelstampandcoinshop.com)
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A Philadelphia family has
been awarded the rights to 10 rare gold coins (NOT PICTURED) possibly worth US$80 million or
more after a U.S. appeals court overturned a jury verdict.
U.S. Department of the
Treasury officials insist the US$20 Double Eagles were stolen from the U.S.
Mint in Philadelphia before the 1933 series was melted down when the country
went off the gold standard.
Prosecutors say Joan
Langbord and her sons cannot lawfully own the coins she says she found in a
family bank deposit box in 2003. A jury in 2012 agreed.
But the appeals court ruling
Friday returns the coins to the Langbords because U.S. officials didn't respond
in time to the family's claim for the seized property.
A Treasury spokeswoman has
no immediate comment on the ruling.
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