Liberty Dollar

"This is the United States government. It's got all the guns, all the surveillance, all the tanks, it has nuclear weapons, and it's worried about some ex-surfer guy making his own money? Give me a break!" Bernard von NotHaus was clearly outraged when he was found guilty of counterfeiting charges for minting and then distributing his own form of private money outside the government's bounds. Von NotHaus is the creator of the Liberty Dollar, a private currency that was issued in minted metal coins made of gold and silver. Photo via flickr.com/nealaus He was once referred to as the "Rosa Parks" of the constitutional currency movement, but now he is being accused of "domestic terrorism" by ...