Hide Your Liberty Dollars, the Secret Service Wants to Seize Them

Kevin Hayden – TruthisTreason.net

Source: SHTF Plan, Editorial rant by Kevin Hayden

You may remember Bernard von NotHaus, purveyor of the gold, silver and copper-backed “Liberty Dollar,” who was convicted of making, possessing, and selling his own coins, as well as conspiracy against the United States. The lead attorney on the case made it a point to refer to Mr. NotHaus' dealing as a special form of domestic terrorism.

Since the coins NotHaus was selling have been deemed to violate Federal counterfeiting statutes, they are now considered contraband by the US Attorney and Secret Service.  

The coins are illegal even if they are not used for barter, the feds insist.  The Secret Service stated that the Liberty Dollar medallions are confiscable as contraband if they are being exhibited for educational purposes or held privately.

Hayden's Note:

Furthermore, it's interesting to note that the Liberty Dollar had produced approximately 60,000 Ron Paul Dollars, all seized, which prominently displayed the Presidential candidate's face, coined in silver, gold and copper.

Does the Federal Government believe that they hold some special right to “round coins?”  I bet if the Liberty Dollar had been square, they would have had no reason to steal millions of dollars worth of precious metals, convict Bernard von Nothaus as a domestic terrorist and many more thousands would be using the Liberty Dollar – real money – in daily transactions.

When the Secret Service executed their warrants at Liberty Dollar headquarters, they seized all of the gold and silver owned by customers but held in the firm's vaults.  Class-action lawsuits have been of little merit or use in returning thousands of peoples' hard-earned investments and metals.  Once again, the Federal Government uses heavy-handed mob tactics to eliminate competition.

For more information on how well the Liberty Dollar was circulating prior to the raid and seizure, read here: http://www.truthistreason.net/alternate-currency-being-accepted-across-mid-michigan

 Coin World explains:

Liberty Dollars held by collectors may be subject to seizure as contraband by federal law enforcement, officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office and Secret Service said Aug. 24.

Statements by officials for those two federal law enforcement agencies seem to reverse the position taken in comments released from the United States Attorney's Office in Charlotte, N.C., and published in Coin World in April, that mere possession of Liberty Dollars did not constitute a violation of any federal statute.

That position has apparently changed, although officials of the U.S. Secret Service — which would be the federal agency likely charged with executing any possible seizures — would not provide any definitive comments concerning under what circumstances Liberty Dollars would be seized.

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Kessler [Secret Service Representative] could not provide a blanket position the Secret Service would take toward those owning Liberty Dollars, whether one piece or significantly more.

He said if a Secret Service agent witnessed something considered to be contraband, such as Liberty Dollars, they would be duty-bound to confiscate it.

If Bernard von NotHaus was considered a domestic terrorist for violating counterfeiting statutes (more like providing an alternative currency and competition for the worthless Federal Reserve notes), you can be assured that those who purchased these silver and gold coins will now be classified as the same, because trading these coins in any capacity will in itself be an act of knowingly passing contraband currency, in defiance of the Secret Service.

If you've got any of these coins in your possession, chances are that the US government knows who you are and where you live. While no confiscation policy has been overtly applied to owners of the coins, we can be assured that if the government has the opportunity to do so, they will take everything they can, just as they did with $70 million in double eagle gold coins seized from Langbord family.

Our advice to concerned terrorists in possession of these coins is to either get a shovel, get them out of the United States (and even then you may not be safe under international treaties), or head to a smelter.

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