That negates the fact that the word Liberty has been on other US coils since at least 1910 how?
Once again, it's a guess here as to what the rational was, but I could certainly see the use of the word Liberty as being a motivator for the gov't's actions.
"Liberty" is not a requirement or a unique feature of US coins, since legal-tender, circulating coins are being minted without it . . . so I don't see how the use of a word
not used on
all coinage would be evidence of counterfeiting; I
personally think including "USA" is the only potentially deceptive feature of the coin, but then, I won't be the one deciding the outcome of the case.
Manedwolf, you've repeatedly asserted that
the law makes use of the $ sign on private coinage illegal . . . that assertion implies you have personal familiarity with the specifics. If you were to cite the specific sections of the law establishing the government's exclusive right to use of the $ sign, you'd effectively shut down all arguments to the contrary.
(When one person claims "The law doesn't say this" and another person claims "The law DOES say this" . . . it's up to the
second person to prove his point; demanding the first person show what the law
doesn't say involves requiring someone to prove a negative.)