No Tossup on Legality of Liberty Dollar

Interesting mainstream news coverage of the ALD:

No Tossup Regarding Legality of Liberty Dollar Coins

by Dan Herbeck
Buffalo News

Southtowns businessman Daniel Buczek said he has had "no trouble" using
Liberty silver dollars to buy coffee, oil filters for his car and other
items at a number of area businesses.

But when someone in his family tried to use them to buy beer at a Buffalo
Sabres game, Buczek and his son wound up in trouble with the law.

Buczek, 55, and Shane Buczek, 34, both of Derby, are believed to be the
first people to be charged in this region for trying to make purchases
with the Liberty dollar, a privately minted $20 coin.

In fact, some businesses in the Southtowns told The Buffalo News they do
accept the currency.

Liberties, as the coins are called, are viewed by some people as an
alternative to the U.S. government's monetary system. The organization
that makes Liberties claims that more than $15 million worth are in
circulation throughout the nation.

"We weren't trying to break any law," Daniel Buczek said. "We weren't
passing counterfeit currency. We use Liberty silver dollars because they
are backed by silver, and I believe the American monetary system is going
to collapse."

According to police, the Buczeks were arrested after they tried to buy
beer with $20 Liberties from "numerous" vendors at the Dec. 26 Sabres game
against the New York Islanders at HSBC Arena.

Acting on a complaint filed by a security officer at the game, Buffalo
police charged the two men with felony counts of criminal possession of a
forged instrument and criminal impersonation. A misdemeanor count of
harassment was also filed.


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