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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2595223, member: 28107&quot;]The government prosecuted Bernard Von Nothaus under the theory that his coins were introduced into the U.S. economy and meant to compete with U.S. currency.&nbsp; The government also argued that the NORFED coins were made in the resemblance and similitude of U.S. coins sufficiently to invoke the counterfeiting statutes (specifcially 18 U.S.C. 485 and 18 U.S.C. 486).&nbsp;&nbsp; The putative similarities included the denomination and the use of phrases close to &quot;IN GOD WE TRUST.&quot; Von Nothaus was convicted of, among other things, conspiracy to violate the counterfeiting statutes and of counterfeiting itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many believe that the prosecution was largely political.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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