Of course this won't get enough support, and it won't likely get a lot of media attention, but it can't hurt:
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2007/cr121307h.htm
13 December 2007
Rep. Ron Paul, M.D.
Madame Speaker, I rise to introduce the Free Competition in Currency Act. This act would eliminate two sections of US Code that, although
ostensibly intended to punish counterfeiters, have instead been used by the
government to shut down private mints. As
anti-counterfeiting measures, these sections are superfluous, as 18 USC 485,
490, and 491 already grant sufficient authority to punish counterfeiters.
The two sections this bill repeals, 18 USC 486 and 489, are so broadly written as to
effectively restrict any form of private coinage from competing with the
products of the United States Mint. Allowing
such statutes to remain in force as a catch-all provision merely encourages
prosecutorial abuse. One particular
egregious recent example is that of the Liberty DollarEmphasis Added, in which federal agents
seized millions of dollars worth of private currency held by a private mint on
behalf of thousands of people across the country.
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