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Almost certainly not. I would expect the gold was confiscated. "Coinage" means they were suspecting him of planning to use the gold to make counterfeit money -- either the coins of another nation, or British coins with much less gold content than they should have had.
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No. it is evidence in a crime. the golds future is in the hands of the government, since an owner cannot be identified. The gold originated with the government and will now be held with the government.
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