by Anonymous on March 15th, 2007

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About 70 years ago in England, a distant relative melted down gold coins with the king's head on. He was caught and imprisoned for 'coinage' (?) Can we claim the gold?

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  • by Anonymous on April 4th, 2007

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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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  • by Ankhorite on March 15th, 2007

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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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