@CoronaCoreanici @starkatt @LexYeen IIRC, it has to do with what the law defines as "setting up a mint in competition with the Treasury." You can make local currencies out of pretty much any material _other_ than metal, or you can make metal coins and designate them as "reserve" or "private" currency which means it can't be used for general-purpose debts, but you can't "mint currency" in competition with the US Mint.

@CoronaCoreanici @starkatt @LexYeen Oh, and you also have to declare an exchange rate to the US Dollar or the goverment will assume you're trying to create a tax dodge like with Liberty Dollars, and that's No Joy.

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