Secret Service demands ebay remove all Norfed Liberty dollars as counterfeits

[Dr.3D]

http://www.goldismoney2.com/showthre...s-counterfeits

This is getting ridiculous.

So now it is illegal to sell something that the government considers counterfeit?

Seems anything related to NORFED is being taken off of Ebay.

If you have any of these items, you had better hide them carefully.

Dear mike XXX,

You recently listed the following listing:

221158190865 - $5 Liberty Dollar Silver Certificate Warehouse Receipt (Norfed) 1/2 Oz UNC
221158191090 - Liberty Dollar $10 Silver Certificate Warehouse Receipt (Norfed) 1oz UNC

Unfortunately, we had to remove your listing because of the following:

The United States Secret Service has requested the removal of all Norfed Liberty dollars on the eBay site as counterfeits. If you have any questions you can contact them at the US Secret Service Public Affairs Office: 202-406-5708.

Please do not relist this item(s).

We appreciate that you chose to list this coin on our site and understand there was no ill intent on your part. Your listing fees have been credited to your account.
http://www.libertydollarnews.org/pom...ings[]=248

Seems even the warehouse receipts are considered counterfeit. Of course they look nothing like U.S. currency and the only reason they are worthless is because the government confiscated the gold and silver backing them.

[KCIndy]

Wow... considering there's no real value to Federal Reserve Notes, that's pretty cheeky indeed. Maybe Tim Geitner ought to be arrested for passing off worthless, counterfeit stuff as well.

[Dr.3D]

Wow... considering there's no real value to Federal Reserve Notes, that's pretty cheeky indeed. Maybe Tim Geitner ought to be arrested for passing off worthless, counterfeit stuff as well.

Could be they are upset those $1 warehouse receipts were getting around $36 bucks on Ebay now.

[Matt Collins]

Simple, melt them down.

[donnay]

The government hates competition!

[Dr.3D]

Simple, melt them down.

I doubt people who have those rare Ron Paul 2008 silver Liberty Dollars that have been selling on Ebay for around $300, want to melt them down.

[SpreadOfLiberty]

Secret Service?

[LibertyEagle]

Secret Service?

Yeah, that struck me as especially odd too.

[KCIndy]

Secret Service?

The Secret Service was originally created with the sole purpose of tracking down currency counterfeiters:

http://www.secretservice.gov/faq.shtml#faq1

The United States Secret Service, one of the nation's oldest federal investigative law enforcement agencies, was founded in 1865 as a branch of the U.S. Treasury Department. It was originally created to combat the counterfeiting of U.S. currency - a serious problem at the time. In fact, following the Civil War, it was estimated that one-third to one-half of the currency in circulation was counterfeit.

While I disagree wholeheartedly with the government's take on the Liberty Dollar, the "counterfeiting" charge is what the Feds used to go in and stomp NorFed.

[Matt Collins]

Yeah, the SS is tasked foremost with guarding the Treasury. Protective duties came second.