American liberty currency

Discussion in 'Paper Money' started by adam1, Apr 10, 2011.

  1. adam1

    adam1 New Member

    My wife found these today while she was cleaning. I tryed getting on there web site and it said I did not have permission so I gogled it and found out that the gov. shut them down. My question is are they worth any thing or should i save them and maybe they might be worth more?
     
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  3. jcakcoin

    jcakcoin New Member

    I know very little, but they're NORFED dollars. They are meant to be an alternative currency, but they are now illegal to spend (keep them)
     
  4. adam1

    adam1 New Member

  5. Saor Alba

    Saor Alba Senior Member

    If the govt doesn't seize the silver they are attempting to through a court order and if the company somehow manages to exist they might be worth something. Right now they are worth something as a collectable and pretty pricey considering if you can find them. The fact that the govt took exception to them makes them all the more collectable.
     
  6. saltysam-1

    saltysam-1 Junior Member

    They were at one time a novelty but since the were made from silver , they had intrinsic value. Now the government has won a counterfeiting claim against the originator of the coin and some of the collectors are trying to drive the price up on them because of the publicity. If they are successful, you will benefit from it. Give it 3 to 6 months and check again. It will never loose it's intrinsic value so you have very little risk waiting. I have several myself and I am waiting as well.
     
  7. lettow

    lettow Senior Member

    The OP concerns the warehouse receipts, not the silver tokens.
     
  8. adam1

    adam1 New Member

    Thanks lettow I should have said the NORFED dollars.
     
  9. jcakcoin

    jcakcoin New Member

    They're called by both names
     
  10. adam1

    adam1 New Member

    Thanks jcakcoin untill today I have never herd of them.
     
  11. jcakcoin

    jcakcoin New Member

    It's fine. I've only heard about them a few days ago
     
  12. adam1

    adam1 New Member

    Ya like I said she found them so I gogled it and it said the feds shut them down not too long ago. Had more silver than i thought....LOL each note is worth 1/10 an ounce.
     
  13. saltysam-1

    saltysam-1 Junior Member

    Currency by legal and financial definition includes coin. In less modern times it could be virtually anything. I don't think the OP was specific in his statement and I responded from the standpoint of coinage. Coinage is the most recognized form of the Liberty Dollar. It was the basis why the site was shut down. The government didn't even bring up the warehouse certificates in their prosecution. Perhaps clarification was needed if his question wasn't including the more common coinage. How you knew the OP was directing his question at certificates and not coins is unclear.
     
  14. adam1

    adam1 New Member

    Sorry salysam I fig. that the link I posted with the pic and posting under paper money that it would be clear I'm sorry if i was not clear.
     
  15. saltysam-1

    saltysam-1 Junior Member

    adam1

    That explains it. I'm looking at post one, your original question, and I was going by just the statement alone. I didn't click on the link in post three. Sort of went right by it. I can tell by how the others have replied, that there is something more going on. Sorry to be so curt with my reply. My error not yours.
     
  16. Ripley

    Ripley Senior Member

    Seems the NORFED notes are selling for about 3x face value currently. But in the end they are just pieces of paper, like a federal Reserve Note. The coins on the other hand, will always be of some value.
     
  17. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    I'm not so sure about that. Financial definition maybe, but when ever the government has written laws regarding the two they have always kept them separate with laws relating to the coinage, and laws relating to the currency and the currency laws have always been specific to the printed paper obligations. So the laws treat them as being separate.
     
  18. saltysam-1

    saltysam-1 Junior Member

    Even though the laws are different they are still umbrellaed under the same term.
     
  19. awwatchdog1

    awwatchdog1 Member

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