Ten rare gold coins at the center of a tug-of-war between the federal government and a Philadelphia family are back in the hands of the family following a split Third Circuit decision issued April 17.
The majority of the appeals court held the government’s failure to initiate a judicial civil forfeiture proceeding after it seized the coins 10 years ago means the coins must be returned to the Langbord family, who found them in a safety deposit box apparently left by the late Israel Switt, Joan Langbord’s father.
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