The NotHaus case turns partly on the constitutionality of a legislative statute that reads” “Whoever, except as authorized by law, makes or utters or passes, or attempts to utter or pass, any coins of gold or silver or other metal, or alloys of metals, intended for use as current money, whether in the resemblance of coins of the United States or of foreign countries, or of original design, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.” The term “current money” is ambiguous. I doubt that it is defined in the U.S. Code. It might … Continue reading Title 18 Section 486 Considered