Finding $80 million in missing government property presents an interesting conundrum. You could run, you could try to sell it, or you could turn it in. When Roy Langbord’s family discovered a stash of 1933 Double Eagle gold coins that his grandfather was suspected of stealing from the U.S. Mint, they called Barry Berke of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel.
The Langbords’ choice paid off on April 17, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that the government had improperly confiscated the coins after the Langbords submitted them to be authenticated. The decision paves the way for the Langbords to finally retake possession of their Double Eagles—10 of the world’s most valuable coins—capping more than a decade of efforts by Berke and his fellow white-collar litigator Eric Tirschwell.
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