[JerseyHighlander]

“Von NotHaus designed the Liberty Dollar currency in 1998 and the Liberty coins were marked with the ‘$,’ the words ‘dollar,’ ‘USA,’ ‘Liberty,’ ‘Trust in God’ (instead of ‘In God We Trust’) and other features associated with legitimate U.S. coinage.

IMHO, he screwed up using the dollar sign ‘$’ and using the word ‘dollar’, the rest of the charges were easily contestable.

More detailed article:
http://gata.org/node/9715

[OldDeckHand]

"IMHO, he screwed up using the dollar sign ‘$’ and using the word ‘dollar’, the rest of the charges were easily contestable."

That seems accurate, especially considering he was only found guilty on the counterfeiting charges, and not guilty on the other charges.

[GeronL]

I thought the definition of “dollar” was something like 132.7 grains of gold or whatever?