Hawkmoon, the Libetry Dollar has nothing to do with this, this is money minted by the US Mint. The case could not have worked if it was a third party currency.
In 1985, Ron Paul and other congressmen challenged our countrys currency system, which was monopolized by Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) the familiar greenbacks in American wallets. The congressmen successfully pursued the Gold Bullion Coin Act, which required the U.S. government to mint and place gold coins in denominations of $50, $25, $10 and $5 into circulation based on demand. The coins are made of 91.67 percent pure gold.
There were no, zero, nada convictions but there were several hung charges.
Rather, jurors delivered zero guilty verdicts. Three defendants, all workers, were acquitted as well as Kahres mother, who worked as a runner for her sons businesses. Two other defendants were partly acquitted the jury hung on one count each. The jury also hung on all counts faced by Kahre, Loglia and Kahres sister, resulting in mistrials.