perfectsim

That's why I brought you to the penis museum where tickets are a thousand dollars.

If Phil were alive today he would probably move this thread to the music forum.

Because only Congress has the power to mint coin? Well, according to that law, if the intent was that the coin be used for currency you cannot mint it. It is a really dumb law. So as long as the intent was for the coins to be used as currency: no good. Well, I'm sure the IRS does in fact hate bartering because of how much more difficult it is to track the transactions, however, they are all taxable transactions. If you want me to dig further I can, but I can't remember the specifics except that there was a court case involving a railroad bridge.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/486.html This applies only to coins and you cannot mint a coin (even if it is originally designed) with the intent that it is to be used as currency. However, the similar provision relating to paper currency seems to only go after forgeries. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/514.html So these Portland dollars are ok so long as they aren't done in coinage, I suppose. It explains the IthicaHours/LibertyCoin discrepancy.

Yes, in fact the creator of liberty dollars has already been indicted on federal crimes in connection with his creating a private means of bartering. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_von_NotHaus It's a pile of bull****, but who knows how the jury will come out.

Did I ever tell you about the guy who went to jail for trying to give a liberty dollar for beer at a Sabres game?