Then there is always the Amero for investing....

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AmeroCurrency.com now offers a variety of "Union of North America" (UNA) Amero
coins, sculpted in 3-D by noted coin designer Daniel Carr using a digital mechanical
transfer process. Carr designed the New York and Rhode Island state quarters
issued by the U.S. Mints (click here to purchase autographed, signature state
quarters with signed certificate from designer and U.S. Mints).

These private-issue fantasy pattern coins will be struck as an annual series (until
such time as it is no longer legal to do so), starting in August 2007.

Final mintages will be determined by sales.

The 2007 designs feature various Seated Liberty obverses and a similar Eagle &
Globe reverse (except for the Jamestown 400th Anniversary commemorative issue
which features Pocahontas).

Manufacturing Update:  All coins are in production.


link amerocurrency.com

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In Paul They Trust (The Feds May Differ)

The ardent supporters of Rep. Ron Paul, the iconoclastic Texas libertarian whose campaign for the presidency is threatening to upend the battle for the Republican nomination, got word yesterday of a new source of outrage and motivation: reports of a federal raid on a company that was selling thousands of coins marked with the craggy visage of their hero.

Federal agents on Thursday raided the Evansville, Ind., headquarters of the National Organization for the Repeal of the Federal Reserve Act and Internal Revenue Code (Norfed), an organization of "sound money" advocates that for the past decade has been selling a private currency it calls "Liberty Dollars." The company says it has put into circulation more than $20 million in Liberty Dollars, coins and paper certificates it contends are backed by silver and gold stored in Idaho, are far more reliable than a U.S. dollar and are accepted for use by a nationwide underground economy.

Norfed officials said yesterday that the six-hour raid occurred just as its six employees were mailing out the first batch of 60,000 "Ron Paul Dollars," copper coins sold for $1 to honor the candidate, who is a longtime advocate of abolishing the Federal Reserve. The group says it has shipped out about 10,000 silver Ron Paul Dollars that sold for $20 and about 3,500 of the copper $1 coins. But it said the agents seized more than 50,000 of the copper coins -- more than two tons' worth -- plus smaller amounts of the silver coins and gold and platinum Ron Paul Dollars, which sell for $1,000 and $2,000.

"People are pretty upset about this," said Jim Forsythe, head of the Paul Meetup group in New Hampshire, who said he recently ordered 150 of the copper coins. "The dollar is going down the tubes, and this is something that can protect the value of their money, and the Federal Reserve is threatened by that. It'll definitely fire people up."

The seizure of the coins held an upside for those who have received their orders. On eBay, silver Ron Paul Dollars that were bought for $20 were selling for more than $300 last night.

LINK

[lucy]

Amazing. I had not read about this....

Sounds like those who received their Liberty Dollars in gold or silver may have a nice investment...