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

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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