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A PICTURE OF ISRAEL SWITT
With the recent court decision regarding the 1933 Double Eagles seized by the U.S. Mint, there have been a number of articles about the coin and the family of Isreal "Izzy" Switt, the Philadelphia jeweler and coin dealer who originally obtained the banned coins from the U.S. Mint.
There have been many pictures published of the coins and Switt's descendants, but I don't think I've seen a picture of Switt himself. This week The Daily Mail (of London, of all places) published a 1944 photo of Switt, which looks like it was taken in a tourist shop in Mexico - are those sombreros? Or large silver platters? I wonder how they came across this picture? Another newspaper, perhaps? -Editor
To read the complete article, see:
National treasure: The ultra-rare 'Double Eagle' coin pursued by the Secret Service for 70 years
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