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LIMITED EDITION Official Campaign For Liberty 1 troy ounce
silver round with FIFTY value on reverse.
Obverse: Bust of Ron Paul right in suit and tie, hand on chin, American flag in
the background, Ron Paul in field to right, LB (for Lakota Free Bank) monogram
below.
Reverse: Campaign for Liberty / CAMPAIGNFORLIBERTY.COM / FIFTY / ONE OUNCE .999
FINE SILVER, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY • CONSTITUTIONAL
GOVERNMENT • SOUND MONEY
• FREE MARKETS • NON-INTERVENTIONIST FOREIGN POLICY
above, AOCS APPROVED • ©2009 C4L, below.
This round was issued under AOCS (American Open Currency Standard) standard.
and is not in any way associated with the Federal Reserve, U.S. mint or
U.S. government. This is a privately minted silver round usable for barter for
various goods or services or as a keepsake for future generations.
Owning this is an exercise of the bearer's First Amendment right to petition the
government for a silver based currency as mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
With the rampant inflation we are faced with everyday that destroys our buying
power and discourages saving, this type illustrates true Constitutional
currency.
Article I, Section. 10 of U.S. Constitution - No State shall enter into any
Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin
Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin as
Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law,
or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Congress first exercised its constitutional mandate to "coin" silver and gold
money in 1792 because the founders had expressly prohibited the printing of
money (read the Federalist Papers and James Madison's notes on the
Constitutional Convention). At that time Congress defined a "dollar" to be (at
least) 371.25 grains of pure silver. The first dollars were not just silver
colored, they contained 90% real silver metal because Americans at that time
demanded that the face value of their coins be equal to (or nearly equal to) the
intrinsic value of the metal contained in the coins. Therefore, the medium of
exchange for the first 72 years of America's history was only silver and gold
coins, not paper currency.
In 1913 Congress fraudulently passed the Federal Reserve Act which put the
control of money in the hands of the international bankers who run the
privately-owned corporation known as the "Federal Reserve Bank". From that point
forward a Federal Reserve "dollar" began declining in value until today it is
only worth about $.04 (or less) compared to the value of a real silver dollar in
1913. It is interesting to note that today the privately-owned Federal Reserve
Bank only pays about $.04 for each "bill" that the United States Treasury
prints.
BONUS! Your Silver Bullion Round is encapsulated in a clear
plastic case to protect it in mint state.
Makes a great gift or conversation piece!
Value for Value
"Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods
produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of
the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by
trade and give value for value."
-Ayn Rand
At the present moment, the AOCS trade group exchanges a 1oz .999 fine
silver piece at a value of "fifty". This means a merchant is willing to
exchange fifty dollars of goods or services for a 1oz AOCS round. Many
people ask why merchants would do this, when the "market" price of silver is
not that amount.
A good way to understand this is to think about the US fiat currency.
Imagine a $50 US Federal Reserve Note. Think about what it is "worth". Most
people will quickly answer "$50". However, the note is merely paper with ink
on it, worth plainly no more than a few cents. The currency is worth "$50"
only because a merchant is willing to give you $50 worth of value in
exchange for it. Also, the courts have decreed Federal Reserve Notes "legal
tender", meaning that the can be used in payment of taxes and to satisfy a
debt obligation.
So a paper currency is worth something only when someone is willing to
give you something in exchange for it. An AOCS silver currency, however, is
valuable whether it is traded or saved. When you exchange silver with a
merchant, you are trading value for value. It has two "values": an intrinsic
value and a face value. When you exchange an AOCS currency at a
participating merchant, you receive "face value". If you ever need to melt
and sell the currency (which we do not recommend), you will receive
"bullion" value. Either way, the currency can not be artificially inflated
and will never be "worthless".
When you exchange in trade with an AOCS Merchant you trade Value for
Value, instead of paying for goods and services with worthless fiat Debt
Money.
We want YOUR help!
The strength of any private barter network is in the quantity and quality
of the participating Merchants. A fiat currency is only valuable when it is
exchanged for something of value; before that, it is simply paper or symbols
in a ledger. AOCS Currencies have value whether you exchange them or not, as
they are minted from pure silver and gold. However, to achieve maximum value
and get the best rate of exchange, AOCS Currencies are to be used as private
money: for food, goods and services. If there are no participating
Merchants, AOCS Currencies become more collectible than practical. While
they will always be worth something, our project instead is to see gold and
silver used once again as money.
You need OUR help!
If you have a savings account, chances are that you're losing money. It
may not appear that you're losing anything, especially if your account bears
interest. The trouble is that inflation is increasing at a rate higher than
banks can/will pay to depositors. Simply stated, while the value of your
money grows slowly, the cost of food, gasoline, and other commodities rise
exponentially faster.
If you're one of the lucky few that holds gold or silver bars, you still
have trouble. When the fiat system finally fails, and the only thing worth
"money" is gold and silver, it still won't be any easier to buy a loaf of
bread with a 100oz silver bar than with a pile of paper. An AOCS Currency
can be be exchanged more easily than bricks of metal.
To that end, joining the AOCS will help you to transform your silver
bullion into minted pieces already acceptable by Merchants across the globe!
Emerging Banking Opportunities
There is one bank that accepts AOCS approved currency and
it is located on the sovereign lands of the Sioux Tribe. The banking
institution is called the Free Lakota Bank. This is run entirely off an
Native American reservation. This is actually the world's first full-reserve
backed bank. Although they are not accepting signups at this time, I'm quite
sure a lot of people might be interested in the opportunity of their return
on your silver, in silver of 7.24% year. Finally, some money that not only
appreciates in value, gets a return back for you in intrinsic value too! A
double whammy.
Below are some excerpts of interesting, relevant
information:
About Free Lakota »
A New Standard of value
"Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by
compulsion...when you see that in order to produce, you need to
obtain permission from men who produce nothing...when you see your
laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against
you...when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a
self-sacrifice...you may know that your society is doomed."
"Atlas Shrugged"
At the Free Lakota Bank, we issue, circulate and accept for deposit
only AOCS-Approved silver and gold currencies. Silver & gold are a
store of value, an equivalent of wealth produced. Paper is a
mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at
those who are expected to produce it. Since we deal only in real
money, we do not participate in any central bank looting schemes.
Money is made possible only by those who produce. Paper is not
money, instead merely a promise to pay. We hope that some day the
rest of the world will awaken from the American Dream: the dream
that a person can sustain life by consuming more than producing. We
call it the American Dream because you must be asleep to believe it.
Well, that dream now has a silver lining; as people discover the
dream is really a nightmare, the only solution is a return to value:
value that comes from production and honest trade.
When you open an account at the Free Lakota Bank,
there are 2 specific things we do not want: your name and your
social security number. It is not our job to track the movement of
our clients' money; we do not want to know who is depositing, where
it comes from, or at what rate it enters or leaves our bank. We
believe money is anonymous and not subject to tracking.
If you derive your income from preying on the weakness of others,
shame on you. Your time on this planet will be short and the great
spirit will reward you in kind. If you choose to deposit with the
Free Lakota Bank, we will use your money to benefit those with a
strong sense of morals and value.
Account Security: Account login is limited with an email address and
password. You may choose to then require Out-of-Band Authentication
to approve transfers to other Free Lakota Bank account holders or
for currency withdraws. Our Out-of-Band Authentication parter is
StrikeForce Technologies. We strongly recommend
that you access your account only from terminals running
StrikeForce's GuardedID Keystroke Encryption software.
Out-of-Band Authentication requires the use of a second network,
also known as the Publicly Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN),
to confirm that you are in fact the person conducting the
transaction. You will setup your Out-of-Band Authentication
procedure during account setup. Then, when you conduct a transaction
that requires Out-of-Band Authentication, our system will initiate a
command to call your enrolled phone. You then enter your PIN code
through the phone. You will NEVER be asked to enter your PIN code
online. Therefore, your PIN code can never be stolen via your pc or
other terminal.
Do you have the moral integrity and character of a
person that deserves a loan from the Free Lakota Bank? If so, we may
have a loan for you. Our first priority with the Free Lakota Bank
General Investment Fund is to enhance the profitable development of
exports from within the Nation of Lakota. We will consider any and all
proposals to establish free enterprise within our territory above all
other requests for loans. Please read the list of benefits of conducting
business from within our Nation.
The Free Lakota Bank issues loans based not on need, but instead on
merit. During application, explain the value we will receive by lending
money to you. Inform us as to why investing in you is in our best
interest. What have you done in the past to create value for yourself
and shareholders? What commitment will you make to ensure the success of
our investment?
The Free Lakota Bank frequently holds an equity interest in most
projects we fund from an angel investor standpoint.
General Investment Fund:
All loans are funded through the Free Lakota Bank General Investment
Fund. This fund is a combination of bank assets and depositor holdings.
When you deposit with the Free Lakota Bank, you are invited to
participate in the General Investment Fund. Simply indicate the number
of ounces from your funds on deposit you would like to earmark for the
Fund. Currently, any deposit made to the Fund will not be accessible for
a period of 1 year. As the size of the fund grows, early withdraws will
be permitted with a small fee. Access to withdraw from the Fund is
limited simply because we do not participate in fractional reserve
banking.
The current annual rate of return for the Fund is 7.24%. Your Fund
earnings are deposited in your account in ounces of AOCS silver.
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