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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts |
Here's the story, with a photo: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/apr......r_040511
Pretty nice looking coins, don't you think? Think of the presentation possibilities...
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magicmind Inner circle My fence has 20, 3443 Posts |
Interesting! However, I would not want to have one as they are illegal.
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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts |
Then you're a better man than me.
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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
Do you think that any one of the people in your audience could know of every coin on the planet?
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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts |
Absolutely not.
Wait, where are you going with this, Lawrence...?
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Fez New user 71 Posts |
I wouldn't mind owning some "hot" coins myself! They look pretty good!
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pepka Inner circle Uh, I'm the one on the right. 5041 Posts |
I vaguely remember reading about this years ago. I think the coins are beautiful, but not worth it in the long run.
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2011-04-06 15:12, magicmind wrote: While they're not legal tender, I fail to see how they're illegal. It appears that the "illegal" part is trying to pass them off as legal tender. Merely possessing them is OK. |
ljsviol Veteran user 345 Posts |
I noticed the news report in mid-March (March 18) that the founder of NORFED, Bernard von NotHaus, was convicted of "making, possessing and selling his own coins". (Appeal pending.)
Quoting the Associated Press, "Federal prosecutors successfully argued that von NotHaus was, in fact, trying to pass off the silver coins as U.S. currency. Coming in denominations of 5, 10, 20, and 50, the Liberty Dollars also featured a dollar sign, the word "dollar" and the motto "Trust in God," similar to the "In God We Trust" that appears on U.S. coins." Interesting coins; if I recall right, the reverse sides varied a good deal. Larry S. |
Fez New user 71 Posts |
Any idea of the silver composition in these coins or the melt value?
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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts |
Von NotHaus's appeal is doomed. This is settled law.
However, his craftsmanship is admirable. In a better world, he'd be offered a gig in the Treasury Department designing new U.S. currency. Clearly he has a knack.
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