Coca Cola Mint
Which of these lawsuits is more embarrassing?
United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola (filed in the early 1900s) or UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v.3039.375 POUNDS OF COPPER COINS, 5930.32 TROY OUNCES OF SILVER COINS, 63.24 TROY OUNCES OF GOLD COINS, 3 PLATINUM COINS, VERIFIED COMPLAINT 168,599 SILVER TROY OUNCE COINS, FOR FORFEITURE IN REM 147 GOLD TROY OUNCE COINS, 17 GOLD .05 TROY OUNCE COINS, 710 SILVER .5 TROY OUNCE COINS, 11 SILVER BARS AND SILVER SCRAP TOTALING 10,720.60 TROY OUNCES, 1,000.5 TROY OUNCES OF SILVER COINS, 1,000.5 TROY OUNCES OF SILVER COINS, DIES, MOLDS, AND CASTS SEIZED AT SUNSHINE MINTING, INC. ON NOVEMBER 14, 2007, 16,000.05 TROY OUNCES OF RAW SILVER, 100 OUNCES OF COPPER COINS, and $254,424.09 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY (filed in the last day or so)?
I presume the latter suits have to do with the so-called Liberty Dollars that Bernard von NotHaus commissioned the Sunshine Mint.to make for him?
Some background on the latter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Dollar
http://www.nysun.com/national/government-is-sued-over-seizure-of-liberty-dollars/80368/
And a more biased (and more lively!) piece:
http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20071201.htm
It's clearly not unprecedented for a lawsuit to be filed against inanimate objects, although on its face it certainly seem silly.
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