Bellingcat Challenge #36「Funny Money」Writeup
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問題文
Bellingcat Challenge #36「Funny Money」
In 1933, a batch of rare coins was struck but never issued for use as currency. While nearly half a million were minted, only one coin of its type was made legal for circulation. Sold in the last decade for almost $20 million, all other versions of the coin, minted in 1933, were never officially released and were ordered to be melted down.
Despite this, a small number of these coins were not destroyed and were acquired by coin dealers under suspicious circumstances. The descendants of one of these dealers took the government to court over whether they could be considered the rightful owners of some of these stolen coins.
What is the name of the attorney that argued the appeal on behalf of this family?
解法
"1933 coin rare"で検索すると、問題のコインはU.S. 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle gold coinであることがわかりました。
さらに検索すると、Coin Worldの記事にthe Langbord family through their attorney, Barry Berkeという記述が見つかります。しかし、Barry Berkeでは不正解でした。
より詳細な情報を得るために"Double Eagle Coins Langbord appeal"で検索すると、United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuitの裁判資料が見つかりました。
裁判資料にはAttorneys for AppellantsとしてBarry H. BerkeとKevin J. Kotchが記載されています。このうちBarry H. Berkeには[Argued]と付記されているため、控訴審で弁論した弁護士のフルネームはBarry H. Berkeです。
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Barry H. Berke