American Liberty Dollar

27 April 2007

April Newsletter

Welcome new Readers, Associates, Merchants and RCOs!

CALL TO ACTION:

Please read this Newsletter. I know that is asking a lot in these hurried times, but we have less than 30 days to hear from the US government. Then we should know a bit more about why we are a bunch of “Federal Criminals.” Check out the new $1 Copper Liberty for a buck and gold for only five percent! Send in your Success Story and get more Liberty Dollars. Please share this Newsletter with a friend and your email list. Plenty to do if you really want to change the money / change the country.

The US Mint posted their warning on September 13^th. We filed our lawsuit on March 20^th, which was acknowledged on March 25^th. The government has 60 days to reply to our complaint, which would be about May 25. Of course the government will reply, in this special case – they must – or we win by default. That is certainly not going to happen even though the government has defaulted on obeying the US Constitution, by providing a value based monetary system, a lawful tax system, etc., just to name a few.

Some time between now and the next issue of Liberty Dollar News, we should learn a bit more about the government’s “reason” as to why we are a bunch of Federal Criminals. Doesn’t that sound sweet... “a bunch of Federal Criminals”... who just want a money that holds it value. For if we had “just weights and measures” we would not even need the Liberty Dollar. I would be laying on the beach in Hawaii. But in face of what is happening to our money, any reasonable man or woman would be crazy not to protect yourself and your purchasing power. The government “needs” the Liberty Dollar!

Thank you... thank you... thank you... for your donations. We have now received over $10,000 in donations. And we gratefully appreciate every dollar, regardless if it is one of those depreciating US dollars or one of those beautiful appreciating Liberty Dollars. We just need a lot more... like $90,000 more to be honest. Please consider sending in another donation. And if you have not... shame on youJ. Get off of a dollar... send it in... you will feel good, knowing that you are actually doing something instead of just talking about the problem. Seriously, please make a donation. And remember, for every $20 you donate you will receive a very special Victory Dollar that can only be had by making a donation of at least $20. And you get one Victory Dollar for very $20 you donate. Trust me, these Victory Dollars are going to be HOT on eBay after we win!

Thanks again for your support. It means a great deal to Liberty Dollar organization to know that our effort has your support. Click HERE to donate online with a bankcard.

2. $1 Copper Liberty is HOT

WOW! The pre-issue Alert lit up the phones! You still have until midnight (PDT) Monday, April 30 to place your order or add to your order for this very Special Offer. Please send an email over the weekend or call before midnight Monday. Remember the office closes at 5:00 CDT on Monday. You can also fax your order to: 775.218.1847.

No doubt! The... new... big... heavy... One ounce for One Dollar Copper Liberty is HOT!

In our fight to defend your right to use gold, silver or anything of choice in commerce, we will issue a new $1 Copper Liberty within the next 100 days. Each One Dollar Copper Liberty will feature the same designs, contain one ounce of pure copper and be the same size as the $20 Silver Liberty (39 mm)!

For commodity monetary purists this is another big step. This draws a direct comparison between the US Mint’s new, smaller BS dollar and the larger, genuine weighted bullion, free enterprise, free market, Copper Liberty Dollar. For the numismatists, the new Copper Lib is similar to the old "Large Cent" authorized by the Mint Act of 1792 and minted from 1793 to 1857. The Large Cent contained one "cent" worth of copper. My, how times and our money has changed. The new $1 Copper Liberty says a lot! Now we are barely able to mint and distribute a Copper Dollar for one government-issued US buck! And the future looks worse for the embattled US dollar.

Our first order is for only 10,000 Copper Libertys. We are not sure if a re-order will be possible due to wild copper prices, which were almost double the current level just a few months ago. But we have this opportunity to produce a unique $1 Copper Liberty and I invite you to place your pre-orders NOW, please. All Liberty Associates can get the new $1 Copper Liberty for only $0.90 each on a minimum of 10 Dollars. Maximum order is 100 Copper Libs at this pre-issue discounted price.

This Special Offer is limited to one week only!

Expires at midnight (PDT) Monday, April 30.

Please call the office: 888.LIB.DOLLAR or 888.421.6181 to make a donation or to order Copper Libertys, as it is so new, it is not yet available on the Shopping Cart.

Thank you for your order and donation. If you wish to order more $1 Copper Libs, please call before this Special Offer expires. It is HOT!

3. You're being lied to!

By Larry Edelson for Money and Markets

Recently I told you how the Dow has lost over 50% of its value since 2001, despite its recent gains. Put another way, if you bought all the stocks in the Dow Jones Industrials back in 2001, the purchasing power of your investment today would be less than half what it was back then.

In fact, for the Dow to regain the purchasing power it had six years ago, it would have to double to more than 24,000! [Editor’s note: Read this line again!]

I don't know about you, but I think losing 50% of your money's purchasing power is an outright disaster. Even worse, most investors fail to recognize this has happened. That's because the government is lying about inflation.

Today, I want to talk about the root of the problem — the terribly weak U.S. dollar. And I'll tell you what its consequence, rising inflation, means for your portfolio. Because if you don't grasp what's happening, your investments will get killed.

The Dollar Continues To Get Creamed …

Since early March, in barely a month's time, the U.S. dollar has lost another 1.9% of its value against other major currencies. It's lost the same — in some cases even more — when compared to minor currencies, such as the Thai baht, Malaysian ringgit, and more.

You can see the decline in the chart to the right. It's not a pretty picture. What's behind the dollar's fall? All the forces I've been warning you about:

Please click HERE to read this short, powerful article.

4. Gold is Ready to Break...

Gold is Ready to Break Important Records

By James Turk of GoldMoney

Gold's record high was reached when it popped above $850 in January 1980. That fact is well known. What is less well known is that gold traded at that price for only a few seconds and that a sharp price drop occurred after this peak, which clearly marks the January 1980 high to be a classic “blow-off” top.

The day it reached that record price, gold actually closed far below at $825.50, which is its all-time closing high. The next day gold literally collapsed, closing at $682.

In fact, gold has closed above $800 on only 3 days - the day of the blow-off peak and the 2 days before. In its entire history, gold has closed in the $700s on only 12 days, of which 3 were in May 2006.

It is even more startling to look at gold's weekly closes. In its entire history, only once has gold closed the end of a week above $800. What's even more surprising is that only once has gold had a weekly close in the $700s, and that one occurred in May 2006.

I consider the weekly closing price of any asset to be most important. Within any week prices can be easily buffeted up and down by day traders and scalpers, unwilling to make a long-term commitment with their money. While these traders make a useful contribution to a market by providing liquidity, the distortion in prices caused by their buying and selling when they put their money into action may mask the true underlying value of an asset as well as add volatility that may shake-out weak hands. It is important to note that these short-term traders will rarely carry a position over a weekend when the markets are closed and they are unable to change their position until Monday's open. So because this “hot” money is out of the market by the end of the week, the weekly closing price becomes an important measure of overall supply and demand.

Gold closed this past week at $692, its fourth highest ever weekly close. Can an all-time weekly closing high be far behind? I don't think so. I think one is right around the corner.

Gold is in a major bull market. The fundamental factors that are driving it higher remain very bullish. Gold's technical factors also continue to be very bullish. But why do I think the $715 area at which gold topped last May will not stop gold this time around?

No one of course knows the future, so I might be proven wrong. But I am sticking my neck out by saying that I expect gold to blow through $715 this time. I include the words "this time" on purpose.

I first identified the $715 level to be an important resistance point even before gold reached that price in May 2006. In my April 16, 2006 alert I said: "Gold hurdled over barriers 1-3, and barrier #4 waits above at $715." A month later gold was then subsequently turned back from that $715 level. I reproduce below the same chart from that April 2006 alert, updated to the present.

What's clear from the above chart is that gold is again rapidly approaching the $715 level and its May 2006 weekly high close. Importantly, gold is in a very strong technical position.

These points are of course also well known to the gold cartel, which for several years has been preventing gold from trading in a free and unfettered market, as has been so capably and repeatedly demonstrated by the Gold-Anti Trust Action Committee. Given the importance of the $715 level, it is therefore no wonder that the gold cartel's efforts to cap the gold price in recent weeks have become more frantic and therefore so obvious, for example, the surges in Comex open interest on only a relatively small price rise, the late-in-the-day sell-offs after the physical gold market in London closes, and the blatant attempts to “paint-the-tape” in the thin trading conditions after New York closes and before London opens. But don't worry here too much about the gold cartel.

The gold cartel is no doubt a nemesis, but it is not all powerful. It cannot forever hold back the flood of people rushing out of the dollar and other fiat currency into the safety and security of real, physical gold.

Consequently, I expect the gold cartel to retreat here, only to continue its capping efforts at a higher gold price. What price will that be? I expect that the gold cartel will probably retreat to around $750 per ounce, i.e., above $24 per goldgram. But it could end up being a lot higher.

In any case, get ready. It looks to me that over the coming weeks, gold is about to set some important new records.

James Turk founded GoldMoney – a digital gold based payment system in 2001. He has written the Freemarket Gold & Money Report, an investment newsletter, since 1987. James is a personal friend and is well known in the precious metal industry. More information is available at www.GoldMoney.com.

5. Gold Libertys at 5%!

Some time ago, I received a disturbing email from an Associate who was very upset that we did not market the Gold Liberty. Oh, sure we have a picture of the beautiful Gold Liberty as part of the cluster image of the currency, but the Associate’s point was that there was no info about its price. More importantly, he wanted 100 ounces but not at Face Value of $1000 each!

Of course with a face value of $1000 each his point was understandable and that is why the Gold Liberty is volume priced. The larger the order, the lower the price. And while there is little to be done about the spot price, the premium on the Gold Liberty is very competitive. In fact, in most instances, Gold Libertys are cheaper than US Mint Gold Eagles or their new Gold Buffalos. And while the Gold Liberty does not have the aura of the US government, that is a positive statement for some people.

So I searched for “gold” in my computer and turned up 296 gold articles from Alan Greenspan, to Harry Schultz, to James Turk, to J. Orlin Grabbe, to Lew Rockwell, to Murray Rothbard, to Richard Heinberg, to Friedrich von Hayek, to more than a dozen writers. Everything was covered from market actions, valuations, court actions, confiscation, history, the Islamic gold dinar, and even found my old article on an Organic Gold Standard. But not a word about Liberty Associates getting Gold Libertys at a discount!

Then I searched the Liberty Dollar site online. Still no pricing! So now let it be known that the private, non-government Gold Liberty is well priced in comparison to all the major government issued gold bullion coins from the United States, Canada, China, Austria, England and Australia. Plus it has the highest Face Value and functions in the marketplace whereas none of the other government bullion coins come close.

$1000 Gold Liberty Pricing for Liberty Associates

Each Gold Liberty contains one Troy ounce of .9999 fine gold

Cash price – no bankcards are accepted please

Shipping and handling no included

1 – 4 Gold Libertys: Spot plus 10% premium

5 – 9 Gold Libertys: Spot plus 9% premium

10 – 24 Gold Libertys: Spot plus 8% premium

25 – 49 Gold Libertys: Spot plus 7% premium

50 – 99 Gold Libertys: Spot plus 6% premium

100 + Gold Libertys: Spot plus 5% premium

There you have it! Gold at 5%! And while I remain a raging silver bull, I understand that storage and other personal considerations are important factors. Plus it is a lot easier to run with 20 ounces of gold versus 1000 ounces of silver! So if you want to get gold, here it is... at a great price. Beautifully minted. Totally private. No reporting. Very liquid anywhere in the world. The Fulfillment Office can usually ship within a week. Please call 888.LIB.DOLLAR or 888.421.6181 to confirm order at current market rates. Payment is required within 24 hours, please.

6. Liberty Associate to Cost $500

No, it does not cost $500 to become a Liberty Associate... YET. But it will... when the Liberty Dollar Moves Up to the $50 Silver Base. Just as the price of gold and silver “goes up” to reflect the loss of purchasing power of the US dollar, the price to become a Liberty Associate will go up to $500 from the current $250 level.

Of course the good news is that the Referral goes up to $200 and the new Liberty Associate will get $200 Liberty Dollars upon joining. The best news is that this has not happened yet. So if you are flirting with becoming a Liberty Associate... NOW is the time to join the party for only $250.

Please call the Office at 888.LIB.DOLLAR or 888.421.6181 to get all your questions answered. Hope to hear from you before we Move Up to $500.

7. New Brochure at Half Price!

Due to opposition voiced by Liberty Merchants to the strong language in the previous brochures, great efforts have been made with the new brochure. The strong comparison between the purchasing power of 1913 to 2001 is still present, as is the differences between a value based currency and the government’s debt based fiat currency. It is just presented in a way that will not alienate anyone from reading it. Our “message” remains the same and is still there. Plus the new phone number and other changes have been upgraded.

So to launch the new brochure, they are available at Half Price! Get 10 or 1000 for only a nickel each! And like all our collateral materials, we are most happy to accept the Liberty Dollar in payment. In fact we prefer the new gold and silver currency! So please get some brochures, share the word and let’s return America to a value based system.

8. Letter / Article to the Editor

Due to the articles by James and Larry, no additional articles are included.

Wish to comment about the Liberty Dollar? Please submit your “Letter to the Editor” to me: Bernard@LibertyDollar.org. Thanks for reading the Liberty Dollar News.

9. Success Story / Incident of the Month

Win a $20 Silver Liberty for the best Success Story up to 200 words, a $10 Silver Liberty for the best Success Story up to 100 words or $5 Silver Liberty for the best Success Story up to 50 words. Please email your Success Story to Sarah@LibertyDollar.org.

The only Incident to report this month is the good end to a bad story.

To the best of my knowledge there have only been three people actually arrested for the Liberty Dollar. Only one was actually thrown in jail. So when Robert Miller with the Rabun First Liberty Exchange in Mountain City, Georgia, was arrested and actually thrown in jail, I was shocked. Robert, who was probably not as shocked as I was, took his charge of felony forgery in the 2nd degree for tendering a $10 Silver Liberty in November of 2006 as a misunderstanding and put his faith in the hands of God, while he faced four years in state prison.

The good news is that the charges were recently dismissed. The arrest never even went to the Grand Jury for indictment. Robert is free of all charges. It remains to be determined what restitution the government will make for the arrest and holding Robert in jail for three days.

To date: Only three arrests and only one ended in jail. This is an amazingly low number given the thousands and thousands of transactions, using millions and millions of Liberty Dollars. It seems using the new currency is as safe as flying. Give it a go. Join the fun. Be sure to send in your Success Story and report all Incidents to the Office, please.

10. Question of the Month

QUESTION: What did the Mint Act of 1792 say about killing people who debased the country’s money?

ANSWER: The Mint Act of 1792 stated: "That if any of the gold or silver coins which shall be struck or coined at the said mint shall be debased or made worse as to the proportion of fine gold or fine silver therein contained ...every such officer or person who shall commit any or either of the said offences, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall suffer death.” Obviously, our Founding Fathers were serious about having good money and I think we should be also.

11. Liberty Associate of the Month

What I like about the Liberty Dollar are the bright people and the bright ideas that they bring to the currency. Such is the case with the Liberty Couple of the Month. Unfortunately, many wives do not share their husband’s understanding or passion about our country’s money. In fact, I am usually shocked by the comments I hear as I travel. So it is always greatly appreciated to have a lady’s support. And that certainly applies to this Liberty Couple of the Month. Recently, when a group of California RCOs gathered at a Gun Show in Reno, the Liberty Couple of the Month developed this phrase: “Your Federal Reserve Notes Redeemable in Silver here.” What a great line. For this line and their other innovative work, I am pleased to name Alex and Jan Salsbery the Liberty Couple of the Month. Congratulations, guys, and thank you for your fine efforts and good ideas!

12. Quote of the Month

"One of the three greatest lies ever told is, 'Hi, we're from the government, and we want to help you.'" Ronald Reagan

Closing Remarks:

Many thanks to all the Liberty Associates, Merchants, and RCOs for your continued support. For it is only by banding together and adopting a free and independent currency which provides us with “just weights and measures” will we be able to throw off the yoke of a manipulated monetary/tax system and generate a peaceful and prosperous society.

Thank you again for all your efforts to return America to value – one dollar at a time!

Bernard von NotHaus

Monetary Architect/Editor

www.LibertyDollar.org

888.LIB.DOLLAR

888.421.6181

24 April 2007

The Liberty Dollar is not a fraud

There has been a bit of drama on the Yahoo list recently. I will include the original post for reference:

This appears to be a massive scam...
Posted by: "lostitall888"
Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:49 pm (PST)

First off.. just take a look at the current exchange rate:

DAILY DISCOUNT RATE
Silver Spot $13.95
Updated: 04/20/07 20:01 EDT
Associate Rate USD to ALD $0.924
Merchant Rate USD to ALD $0.924
Exchange Rate ALD to USD $0.805

There's a bid-ask spread of 15%! This is the widest market that I've
ever seen, not to mention that if you buy it from "ALD" at face value,
you lose 19.5% right away.

If you want to buy silver or gold, buy silver or gold, not overpay for
the silver or gold by around 40% (spot is 13.95, if you pay $20.00,
you overpay by 43%, if you pay the discount rate of $18.48, you pay
about 32% too much).

How does ALD justify this? ESPECIALLY the extremely wide bid-ask
spread for the "currency." They try to explain it as a "small profit
needed to operate", but a 15% spread? Rediculous.

As one poster pointed out, this happens about once a month. Someone discovers the Liberty Dollar, and posts something like this to the list, accusing the group of mass fraud.

As LD enthusiasts are quick (one might say eager) to point out, the LD is a medium of barter exchange. It provides buyers and sellers a common measuring stick by which to gauge the relative value of their goods or services. It is not an investment, and if you ask almost any LD user for investment advice, they will probably tell you to buy gold or silver (government-issued) coins or bars.

As to the 'justification' for the high overhead, I have already pointed out that the LD comes much closer to matching face value and intrinsic value than does the Federal Reserve. The only reason that people are willing to say that a Federal Reserve Note is worth more than the paper it's printed on is because bureaucrats wielding police powers say "do it, or else."

There's no fraud going on here, only a quite forgivable ignorance among the general population as to the true nature of money. Fortunately, this ignorance is curable, and that is one reason the Liberty Dollar was created in the first place.

28 March 2007

March Newsletter

Welcome new Readers, Associates, Merchants and RCOs!

CALL TO ACTION:

What a month it has been! It is not every day that one sues the US government. And as the former Mintmaster of the Royal Hawaiian Mint, this has special significance. Who would have thought I would sue the Mint that I thought so much of? Well, as we all know, things change. Sometimes for the worst, like the US dollar. It is the duty of the good citizen to keep the government accountable and in line with the US Constitution. So there is never a dull moment with the Liberty Dollar. We need your support and donations to defend your right to use gold and silver between consenting adults... or heaven help us!

Liberty Dollar filed suit against the U.S. Mint on Tuesday, March 20 in U.S. District Court in Evansville, Indiana, and asked the court to declare that the use of the Liberty Dollar is not a “federal crime,” as claimed by the U.S. Mint. We further asked the court to enter a permanent injunction against the U.S. Mint requiring it to remove any reference that the use of Liberty Dollars is a federal crime from its website.

The Liberty Dollar organization denies that its more than 100,000 proponents are federal outlaws. It identifies them as law-abiding citizens who “legally have made the inflation-proof Liberty Dollar America’s second most-popular currency.” And the organization demands that the federal government cease and desist from threatening them.

The Liberty Dollar group maintains it is protecting the right of every American to use or barter any “money” they may voluntarily agree to utilize. They point out that anybody can lawfully barter a dozen eggs for five pounds of sugar without fear of government interference, as an example. The group even quotes Andrew Williams, a spokesman for the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., as saying, "There is no law that says goods and services must be paid for with Federal Reserve notes. Parties entering into a transaction can establish any medium of exchange that is agreed upon."

We have labeled the U.S. government/U.S. Mint’s allegation that the use of the Liberty Dollar is criminal as completely misguided. “The Liberty Dollar organization has never claimed that its new gold and silver currency was a ‘coin’ or ‘legal tender.’ For over eight years, the Liberty Dollar has prospered from the fact that people could use any ‘private voluntary currency’ they chose. The Liberty Dollar organization has simply benefited from the differences between the debt-based U.S. dollar and a value-based currency.” Von NotHaus concludes, “There is absolutely no violation of U.S. law.”

Actually the government forced the lawsuit upon itself. As we said, “We had to sue the U.S. Mint, because this unfair and illegal warning was killing the Liberty Dollar and the ideals it represents. We’re a relatively small group that can’t afford to be smeared by the umpteen billion US dollars of the federal government. It has seriously impacted our business.”

The Liberty Dollar organization finds hope in the fates of other companies who withstood attacks from the federal government and won. “Just like FedEx, I expect the Liberty Dollar to win this suit, re-establish sound money, and have the U.S. government as its biggest customer.”

2. Test of Wills & New Defense Liberty Dollar

If you were one of the few who responded to our urgent call for a donation to help us fight the US government... THANK YOU! We greatly appreciate every dollar you sent... even if it was those dreaded, depreciating US dollars... every dollar counts!

This “test of wills” with the US government will not be decided overnight. The government now has 60 days to respond to our lawsuit. We don’t expect them to be in much of a hurry... as they have every reason to be slow. Then a schedule will be set for discovery, briefs, orals and finally a judgment. All this takes time and money...

Unfortunately, as I mentioned in my first announcement... “most people are not very responsive.” In fact, we even got some hate mail... from our own list when we announced the lawsuit!

So let me be blunt, honest and to the point: We need your help, please.

The US Mint would have us believe that it is illegal for Americans to exchange gold and silver (such as the Gold and Silver Eagles minted by the US Mint or any other gold and silver for that matter) on a voluntary basis between consenting adults. Just imagine that at a time when “consenting adults” can legally exchange “fluids” between themselves, the US Mint would have us believe that you and we cannot trade gold and silver between ourselves. This is ridiculous and an assault on the concept of a free market.

Make no doubt about it... The very idea of a free market is at risk due to the US government’s assault on our right to use anything of choice in the marketplace. While we have never asked for a donation in over eight years, we need it now. Donations are accepted in Liberty Dollars: metal, paper or digital, even those dreaded Federal Reserve Notes that pass themselves off as US dollars are accepted, and credit cards.

Yes, a special Defense Liberty Dollar will be sent to you for every $20 you donate... after we win. This Defense Liberty Dollar is only available to those who donate $20 or more. This special Defense Liberty Dollar will not be “sold.” If you don’t donate... you will not be able to get one. We really need your support, please.

NEW DEFENSE LIBERY DOLLAR:

Plus a specially hallmarked one ounce $20 Defense Silver Liberty is available for only $25 each plus S&H (while silver is under $15 spot). Each Defense Silver Liberty will feature two special hand stamped hallmarks: the “Scales of Justice” and my personal Mintmark. This issue is strictly limited to only those Defense Silver Libertys issued during this fund-raiser. They will not be available after we win...

And if you like gold... there is a special Defense Gold Liberty auction on eBay. Please click HERE for more info.

Again... my most heartfelt thanks for those of you who actually sent in a donation. You have been wonderful... and I only hope you might donate again. And for those who have not joined the party... we are only asking for $10, but you can send just a dollar from your eLD account. But remember... you will receive a special Defense Liberty Dollar for every $20 you donate while we fight for your right to use any money of choice in the marketplace.

3. California “Silver Bear” Roars! Who’s next?

In the February Newsletter I asked if the Liberty Dollar was about to explode, and so it would appear. The fuse has been lit by the California RCO Association’s new “Silver Bear” – certainly one of the strongest Liberty Dollar designs to date... a true classic. And a half dozen other custom projects are working their way through the design/die cutting process. Got an idea? Want to have your own money for your business, community, family? Please call or email your idea to us.

Meanwhile, please check out the California Silver Bear at: http://www.hchq.biz

4. LDU-13 in Evansville April 11-14

Are you coming to Liberty Dollar University #13 (LDU-13) in Evansville, Indiana? Centrally located and bristling with all the info about the latest lawsuit against the US Mint, this is the place to get all your questions answered, and your opportunity to meet the best people involved with the Liberty Dollar. And as it is being held at the Fulfillment office, it costs only $100, half the usual price. So if you are considering opening a Regional Currency Office, interested in having your own custom money developed, or just want to get the inside info on what’s happening with the Liberty Dollar, this LDU-13 is the place to be. It begins with a Meet/Greet on Wednesday at 6:00 and concludes with lunch on Saturday, April 14. As registration is limited to only 25, please register so we can be prepared. No walk-ins please. Hope to see you there! For more info, please call the office: 888.LIB.DOLLAR or 888.421.6181.

5. AIER and PorcFest in June

I am pleased to announce that the prestigious American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, has invited me to make a major presentation on: “Private Money - The solution to our monetary quagmire." As the focus is much larger than just the Liberty Dollar, it promises to be a very dynamic event. I will cover five major fields for discussion and devote the majority of time to addressing the issues and objections of a very astute audience including Federal Reserve employees, hard money devotees, economists, and students attending the AIER Summer Fellowship Program.

“Private Money” by Bernard von NotHaus: 3:00, Thursday, June 21, 2007.

If you are not familiar with the AIER, one of our country’s oldest and strongest supporters of the money and ideals that made our country great, please visit: www.AIER.org. AIER in Great Barrington, MA 01230. Phone 413.528.1216. info@aier.org.

Immediately follow the AIER presentation I will journey over to the Free State Project’s annual 2007 Porcupine Freedom Festival, June 18 - June 24, 2007, at the Gunstock Mountain Resort, in Gilford, NH. Like all of New Hampshire, Gunstock is a very beautiful ski resort and a much better place than the previous venues. The title for this fourth year is: "Discover New Freedoms, New Communities, and New Beginnings!" So I invite you to discover the Liberty Dollar at PorcFest and join myself, Charles Hampe, and dozens of other Liberty Dollar supporters on Saturday, June 23. For more info please visit: http://freestateproject.org/festival/. Hope to see you there. PorcFest is always a blast!

6. ALD Surges / Advertising Update

First, let me thank all the suggestions, leads and advise on advertising. There was simply no way to respond to all the input... but we gratefully appreciate all of it. Unfortunately, many sites do not accept advertising, just as the Liberty Dollar does not. And many others’ rates are over the moon. And there are a good number of sites like Human Events who refused our ads because of the US Mint warning. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? What happened to Human Events? Now totally co-oped by Bushism.

For everyone who suggested Joseph Farah and WorldNetDaily... He is the worst. Talk about being out of touch and having one’s head in a dark place... I don’t think Farah is who he appears to be... He is certainly not a Liberty Dollar supporter... And this has been evident since the very beginning of the Liberty Dollar... no support... no mention... no news coverage... ever. And when Farah launched his monthly print issue that was devoted to the Federal Reserve, not only was it the same old tired articles... never a word about the Liberty Dollar... nor has WorldNetDaily ever posted a single word about the Liberty Dollar... weird? Yes. Conspiracy? Your call. Personally, I trust the Liberty Dollar more than WND.

Meanwhile: Liberty Dollar Surges Forward in New Hampshire

Posted by: Charles Hampe

This past weekend the Free State Project hosted the NH Liberty Forum at the Holiday Inn in downtown Concord. John Stossel of 20/20 was the keynote speaker. Libertarian presidential candidate Mike Badnarik and Congressman Ron Paul (Texas) were also featured.

Turnout was more than double of what was expected! It was a fantastic experience for all and an exceptional opportunity for the Liberty Dollar. We had a small exhibit table but attracted way more than our fair share of interest. LOTS of Silver Libertys and Silver

Certificates were exchanged at full face value.

Three RCOs as well as several Associates were active at the exhibit. Fritz Schrom from Pennsylvania and Mike Eck from Virginia drove up and shared the table with me. Fritz

is a great explainer with a laid-back style and sold out some of the items he brought.

I was invited to speak on a panel on Friday afternoon and took advantage of the opportunity to promote our hard/real money cause. That went over really well also.

A poll was taken during our panel discussion to see where all the people were from. They were from states all across the country with only a few locals. It was great to see that so many people made such a great effort to be there.

The enthusiasm of the organizers was overwhelming. This event was the first of its kind but will now be annual. Maybe you will be there next year?

The next big event for the Freestaters is the annual Porcupine Festival in June. Bernard von NotHaus has attended these in the past. This next one will be at Gunstock Ski Resort in Gilford, NH, and promises to be the best one yet. More info at www.NHfree.com.

Charles Hampe

llleeellleee1@yahoo.com

7. Berkshares Local Currency debuts

New England Town Prints Up Its Own Currency
'Berkshares' Are Intended to Encourage Local Commerce
By Stephanie Sy

Susan Witt is an unassuming middle-aged woman who drives a Volvo around her quaint Rockwell-esque town and has somehow managed to foment a small revolution.

After years of planning, Witt started printing her own money and spending it around town. She is not a counterfeiter. She is the founder of Berkshares, a local currency that was introduced last fall in Southern Berkshire, Mass. (where Norman Rockwell lived out his later years).

"The Berkshares are pretty simple to operate," she said. "You walk into a local bank, put down $90 federal and get 100 Berkshares, and then those Berkshares are spent at full value at regional stores."

$835,000-worth of notes were printed on fine-grain paper and distributed to banks that agreed to participate. The notes are now accepted at 225 businesses in the area, and the program continues to grow.

[Space does not permit including the whole article. Please click HERE for the complete article. Berkshares was also featured on ABC television.

8. Letter / Article to the Editor

[Editor note: Due to the length of the Newsletter, no letter will be posted this month.]

9. Success Story / Incident of the Month

Success is ours if we stay the course

Posted Friday, March 16, 2007 by: "Daniel Doering"

Reporting from the city of The Golden Gate in the fabulous Haight-Ashbury District of San Francisco. From a shop called "Coffee to the People Empowerment" at the corner of Masonic & Haight Streets, one block east of Haight-Ashbury.

I have a big legal problem. I am fighting a driving without seatbelt charge in Woodland, CA, no points on my license of course, but a hefty $91 dollar fine. I needed to get the judge's oath to the constitution. I left Sacramento this morning at 8:30 for S.F. Bound for the State Bar of California on Howard Street, S.F.

About half way to S.F., I haphazardly stopped at the city hall of Vacaville. I walked into the planning department where a professional draftsman was filing drawings for a client's building. I asked the clerk if Vacaville was a nice place to live. The draftsman said that it is a great place to live, he asked me why? I said "I'm a constitutionalist; I don't like the excessive regulation in California." He said, "Move to Montana." I said, "I don't like the snow."

He asked me what I do? I pulled out a $5 Silver Liberty saying "This is what I market."

He said, "That's real silver!” I said "Yeah." "Do you have more?" he asked. I said, "Yup, I have a whole car full of’em!" We walked to my car where I produced a handful of new $20s. At this point, we had not introduced ourselves. I explained to Kevin about the Federal Reserve and the income tax, and this PRIVATE MONEY. I made sure that Kevin knew this was a private money system.

Turns out, Kevin knows of Joe Banister, the tax honesty movement, the fight for honest government and money. He immediately pulled out his cell phone and called his brother. Kevin turned to me and asked, "How much do you have?" I said, "A couple of thousand dollars worth right in that old car!"

Kevin said, "Don't go away, I'm going home to get some cash." I waited about 10 minutes.

Kevin returned with a wad of $100 FRNs. Kevin purchased $600 face value in one ounce $20s, eight $10s and four $5s. A total of $700. Another believer in Silver Money. He then told me that there are many like-minded people in Vacaville.

I definitely intend to spend some time developing the Liberty Dollars in that town.

I finally made it to Haight-Ashbury and I showed the silver to several merchants. I have gotten positive responses. The people seem to be much more open-minded and educated than in other areas that I have encountered. I've been all over the USA with the Silver Libertys. >From Buffalo, New York, Cleveland, Iowa City, Las Vegas, Winslow-Arizona, Topeka-Kansas, Salt Lake City-Utah, Jackson-Mississippi, Nashville, Memphis, Cincinnati, Roswell-New Mexico. I have found merchants everywhere who have accepted the Silver Liberty.

Dan Doering

flyer298@yahoo.com

916-220-4775

[Editor note: Thanks, Dan, for your constant support and success with the Liberty Dollar.]

10. Question of the Month

QUESTION: Why is the Liberty Dollar tied to US dollar?

ANSWER: Of course, the quick answer is that it is NOT tied to the US dollar. It is tied to gold and silver. Often the circular logic goes that as the Liberty Dollar is tied to the
silver spot price that is quoted in dollars, that it is tied to the US dollar. This is simply not the case. The Liberty Dollar is tied to silver, which is also quoted in euros, yen, etc., and it is certainly not tied to the euro, yen, etc. The Liberty Dollar is tied to gold and silver, not the US dollar, please.

11. Liberty Associate of the Month

Some people who really like the Liberty Dollar... will go the extremes... drive wild distances... and take chances that angels would never consider. Of course, these are my favorite people and the reason the Liberty Dollar is successful. It is also the reason why this Associate is the Liberty Associate of the Month. Long before this Associate posted his latest Success Story, I had him on this list... and as we get so many good stories from him, I cannot say it is by pure chance that he is also mentioned above ... so it is my pleasure to acknowledge Dan Doering as the Liberty Associate of the Month. Dan has put forth an outstanding steady effort to inform people about money and to draw them into understanding that there is a peaceful, profitable solution to our fiat monetary system. And of course along the way the newly informed people usually get some Liberty Dollars. Congratulations Dan on being the Liberty Associate of the Month and for all your support! You are an outstanding example for our organization. Thank you.

12. Quote of the Month

“One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.” Bertrand Russell

Closing Remarks:

With the filing of the lawsuit, the Liberty Dollar enters a new era. This is a time when we really need your support and donations. This is a must-win for the Liberty Dollar. And while the US Mint is not saying the Liberty Dollar is illegal, only the use, the lawsuit is critical for us and the ideals the Liberty Dollar represents. Stay tuned for more amazing things to come.

Thank you again for all your efforts to return America to value – one dollar at a time!

Bernard von NotHaus

Monetary Architect/Editor

www.LibertyDollar.org

888.LIB.DOLLAR

888.421.6181

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