If the $20 Ron Paul campaign coin is going for $52 on EBay, that would be a pretty strong motive for the EMail.
Worth noting, from their webpage, which is working fine
"The Ron Paul Dollar is certainly different," said Jeff Kotchounian, a collector in Michigan. "For me, it's a great way to popularize Ron Paul and get him elected!"Von NotHaus, the fiery "freemarketeer" behind the Ron Paul Dollar, observes, "It will be interesting to see if enough people are fed up with politics, Bush regime, and the war to take Congressman Paul seriously. Certainly the Ron Paul Dollar is as unique as the Candidate and the election itself. Do the majority of Americans really want to change Washington? Time will tell."
Von NotHaus stresses urgency as the political parties have moved up the primary elections, squeezing campaigning time to only eight more months. If people want to change things, they must make a donation to Ron's campaign, get a Ron Paul Dollar and support him right now.
All this will be a big surprise to Dr. Paul. As Liberty Dollar's legal counsel pointed out, if Ron Paul's campaign was informed before the launch date, the Federal Election Commission could require profits in excess of $2,300 (the maximum individual donation allowed) to be distributed to the Republican Party! So the Ron Paul Dollar was created as an "independent contribution" and is distributed through the grassroots Volunteer Network.
As von NotHaus explains, "Even though I know and respect Ron Paul for his free market philosophy, I did not take his campaign seriously until our mutual friend G. Edward Griffin mentioned his support. It got me thinking about how I could support Ron's campaign, then Nic Leobold suggested a Ron Paul Dollar and the project took off."
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I'm wondering just how these "campaign contributions" work.
It's an independent expenditure contribution. I used some gasoline last night to deliver some yard signs that a few different people wanted for my favored Republican candidate, and the price of that gasoline and the value of my time does not count as a campaign contribution that I must report to the FEC.