U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins declared:
Attempts to undermine the legitimate currency of this country are simply a unique form of domestic terrorism. While these forms of anti-government activities do not involve violence, they are every bit as insidious and represent a clear and present danger to the economic stability of this country. We are determined to meet these threats through infiltration, disruption, and dismantling of organizations which seek to challenge the legitimacy of our democratic form of government.
this is sickening.
Yes, the US Government's hatred and contempt for people who mint coins that look almost exactly like government-issued coins complete with a dollar face value, encourage others to pass them off as US dollars, and sell those coins to people in on the scheme at significantly less than the face value so they can make money by doing so is utterly reprehensible.
Because of course that's what Bernard von Nothaus did and what he was convicted for. He's even on film demonstrating this himself for the cameras, using a Liberty Dollar for payment at a store that had never heard of them and describing it to the confused shopkeeper as "the new dollar", to show how easy it was.
