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(Created page with "category:US ==About== The Liberty Dollar was a precious-metal-backed private currency in the {{USA}}. Creator Bernard von NotHaus was found guilty on a number of ...") |
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| − | * '''2011-03-18''' [http://www.fbi.gov/charlotte/press-releases/2011/defendant-convicted-of-minting-his-own-currency Defendant Convicted of Minting His Own Currency] | + | * '''2011-03-19''' [http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20110319/NEWS01/110319006/Liberty-Dollar-creator-convicted-federal-court Liberty Dollar creator convicted in federal court] "found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy against the government in a case of “domestic terrorism.”" Wait a minute, "'''[[domestic terrorism]]'''"? For making coins?? Sounds like [[international banking conspiracy|someone]] felt threatened. |
| + | * '''2011-03-18''' [http://www.fbi.gov/charlotte/press-releases/2011/defendant-convicted-of-minting-his-own-currency Defendant Convicted of Minting His Own Currency]: that makes it sound like a [[bad]] thing... | ||
* '''2006-09-14''' [http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&id=710 Liberty Dollars Not Legal Tender, United States Mint Warns Consumers] | * '''2006-09-14''' [http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&id=710 Liberty Dollars Not Legal Tender, United States Mint Warns Consumers] | ||
** Notes that "under the Constitution (Article I, section 8, clause 5), Congress has the exclusive power to coin money of the United States and to regulate its value" -- a legal ambiguity: what exactly is "money of the United States"? | ** Notes that "under the Constitution (Article I, section 8, clause 5), Congress has the exclusive power to coin money of the United States and to regulate its value" -- a legal ambiguity: what exactly is "money of the United States"? | ||
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