@CoronaCoreanici @LexYeen wait why would it be a felony.
@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.
@orrery @CoronaCoreanici @LexYeen Today I Learned! :D
@orrery @CoronaCoreanici @LexYeen Company scrip is, of course, under no such restriction.