'Spectacular Trial' Is Seen in Case of Liberty Dollar

New York Sun ^ | 19 Nov 2007 | Joesph Goldstein

[BGHater]

'A 1999 report by the Southern Poverty Law Center said that many of the participating merchants "are run by men and women connected to the radical right."

Mr. Goodger described the supporters of the currency as "concerned people who believe our government is out of control."'

Lol. Scary people.

[rineaux]

Did you see the interview by Glen Beck on Liberty Dollar with Bernard Von NotHause?

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=glen+beck+and+Bernard+von+NotHaus&search=Search

[cripplecreek]

It ain’t spectacular till it beats OJ, Brittney, or Natalee for airtime. So far the only place I’ve seen any news about it is right here at FR.

[Always Right]

These symbols and language are similar enough to coinage from the U.S. Mint that the Liberty Dollars "are easily confused with legitimate United States Currency," a purported affidavit apparently filed last week in support of the search warrant claims.

The intent of the Liberty dollar was not to fraudulantly fool people into believing they were US Currency. I would be everyone using them realized they were an alternative currency. If the thrust of the case is people were defrauded into believing they were buying US currency, I would hope the case should fail. It could get interesting.

[rineaux]

“It ain’t spectacular till it beats OJ, Brittney, or Natalee for airtime.”

Your comment is very funny and true.

I believe the government would rather not have the attention. Guess something will happen with Brittney, OJ, Jacko or someone else to take that attention away, IMO.

[padre35]

Of all of the Norfed folks faults, masquerading as Federal Reserve Notes is not one of them, completely different in appearance and writing contains no seals none of that sort of stuff.

The rounds are a bit of a different case, but nowhere do they claim to be US legal tender.

And I’ve seen the Norfed folks all over CNBC and CNN.

Larry Kudlow spent about 7 minutes just on Norfed’s Nauhaus.

[cripplecreek]

I’m sure they don’t want the attention. I don’t really have a stance on these coins but I do think the media plays magician for the brain dead masses too much.

Mostly I would be happy with about 4 hours less local news made national every day and see it replaced with other candidates, real national news etc.

[Buddy B]

In Ron Paul Coins, Federal Agents Don't Trust

FR post.../1927563/posts.

[BallyBill]

I’ll wait for the Ron Reagan Dollar, thank you.

[FReepaholic]

...It ain’t spectacular till it beats OJ, Brittney, or Natalee for airtime...

"Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties;
for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions - everything,
now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses" (Juvenal, Satire 10.77-81)

[ml/nj]

The intent of the Liberty dollar was not to fraudulantly fool people into believing they were US Currency.

I'm very much on these guys' side as it relates to what has become of our monetary system in the United States. But they have a huge problem in that the right to coin money, which means to stamp gold and silver into little recognizable disks of known weight and fineness, is reserved to the Federal government by the Constitution. (Just as operating post offices has been held to be.)

ML/NJ

[JerseyHighlander]

NotHaus was on Kudlow’s TV show. Now that was funny, NotHaus now has the on air backing of Kudlow to bolster his current media witchhunt trial, which the NY Sun has no problem lighting the torches and sharpening the pitchforks apparently.

[Buddy B]

eBay: 261 items found for: Liberty Dollar NORFED in Coins & Paper Money

[JerseyHighlander]

I agree with you, but the Norfed group there specifically goes out of it’s way to communicate that the physical species they sell is NOT coinage. Now, there is always conspriacy to counterfeit charges they can bring up, and would be easier to get a conviction.

[rineaux]

Totally agree.

[oldfart]

I think it depends on the value of the money. Each day, in magazines and newspapers, there are millions of coupons offered to the public. Each of them has a face value printed on it that is considerably less than the value if traded for goods. What are these if not money? Granted, they’re not printed to look anything like American currency but neither were those “Liberty Dollars.”
Apparently Procter and Gamble can print all the money they want as long as they don’t “dis” the Fed.

[rineaux]

I have a set of the Ronald Reagan coins (medallions).

https://www.reaganfoundation.org/store/products.asp?subcat_id=24

[mountainbunny]

Yes, each revelation more shocking than the last. His proclamations ring of hucksterism, something that doesn't play out well in trial format, regardless of what watching endless reruns of Matlock would have you think.

[Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek]

“I’ll wait for the Ron Reagan Dollar, thank you.”

While you’re waiting, you can get some Ron Reagan silver eagles:

http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/reagan_se.html

or private mint “silver clad” Ron Reagan dollars:

http://www.nationalcollectorsmint.com/category_landing2.jsp?path=-1&id=6151&promotion=4943&gclid=CMmNxdKF8o8CFQySHgodGSFwHw

[rineaux]

“watching endless reruns of Matlock would have you think.”

LOL

Made me think for a second, Matlock or Perry Mason. If tried in the south I would have matlock, Mason everywhere else.