US Mint Asking For Coins Back.

Well, that sounds just plain silly! How would they know if you still had the coins and who would come to you looking for them, the Coin Police?

Exactly. And as I get older I'll forget who I gave them too.

Perhaps she may have been referring to the GOLD coins that were illegal to possess after the U.S. was taken off the gold standard in 1933. Or when SILVER was taken out of coins in 1965 (1971 for the JFK's) or the silver certificates were no longer exchanged for silver. So there have been a few times in history, so she may not be too far off her rocker.

What about the ASE 25th Anniv. Set. A limit of five but, some people got more than five and some said the Mint was trying to get them back. I believe all this came from some of the CCF threads.

Ya, definitely coming from an old timer who remembers the 1933 Gold confiscation. I believe rare coins were quickly brought back though.

I hate to break it to you guys but the Govt can recall any coins and make them illegal to own even though I doubt they will. I think since we went off the gold standard it would be hard for a law like that to pass but if they really wanted to confiscate every precious metal coin they could because even though you bought them, they are still their property. Just remember all the gold that was in Fort Knox (I saw was because no one has seen it since 1978 and no real proof its still there until someone does another audit) came from collectors and the general public that had Gold coins when the Govt decided t6o confiscate all of them and melt them down into bars. That was one reason my Grandfather was very weary about using a Safe Deposit Box, I believe in 1933 if you had coins in a SDB they would not let you go in there and get them yourself, some bank employee had to go in there with you and they would confiscate any gold you had in there at the time. At least that is one of the rumors I have heard about those times. they did give you face value for the coins so if you had a $20.00 double eagle you received a $20.00 bill and if you look at it at today's standards the people were robbed

The Government can do anything YOU let them do.

Many people will hear or read a story, and may not understand what they are hearing.
Then tell others their interpretation.

Of course at some time or other we all get the information wrong ... it happens to me more and more as I get older.


The way I understand what happened in 1933, the government
took us off the gold standard. And change the status of gold coinage. It was no longer to be used as legal tender.
Which to me is different than making gold coins illegal.

People could still have gold coins in collections or to keep for what ever personal reasons.

As far as I know they never went door to door asking for your gold coins. If I got it right it was .. if you needed to buy something with your gold coins, you had to exchanged them for silver/nickel/copper coins or paper currency.

Of course the government asked citizens to turn in/exchange their gold coins .. but most did not.

Again .. this is just my interpretation of the story.