Family wins back coins worth $80m

A US appeals court overturned a jury verdict and awarded a Philadelphia family the rights to 10 rare gold coins that could fetch $80m.

US Treasury officials insist the $20 Saint-Gaudens “Double Eagles” were stolen from the US Mint in Philadelphia before the 1933 series was melted down when the country went off the gold standard.

They argue that Joan Langbord and her sons cannot lawfully own the coins she said she found in a family bank deposit box in 2003.