-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, jim bell wrote:
The way I see it, a positive statement in the Constitution that the Feds have the power to coin money does not necessarily exclude other people/banks/states/foreign countries from doing likewise.
Some localities in the U.S. are indeed minting their own currency. Ithica is one such example, I believe. I don't know if these currencies are considered "legal tender", but the Feds don't seem to be stopping it. Mark - -- finger -l for PGP key PGP encrypted mail prefered. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBMoj9UizIPc7jvyFpAQG7iAf/fE1M1xiYlX1iztuFLVQDUSX/beLKCIOP bAvrzQSm+cKhN0xko/hT2XlWCPv1nZt9aiidOyWNdKwicAGzPuLpGa+i3DfR0DuV GSggPQQKjkQugofpQ/eFSM8IJdk/eXPsEGl/AxUlBvWhLog0d9OnOWbfkNhWJEy7 Idf4eKzX450oXK/OoSp7Ik1DX0nZrqPtY2Y4KIcDL5nyUMR8eKzdFaIRi+6x1RmX QCsN0oT7QvCtGAJfNCCo95svgA/eR5pT0zn8th0r0yWFLaZTI4A4O7kOkn30er+P 2PnFeAK6huzpVClckWIQvpCfjkbAdzLZFE2BmFHwdrElz/CJSstZqQ== =UvzN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----