Meet the Americans behind two alternative currencies: the originators of the community-focused BerkShares in Massachusetts, and the Fed-baiting libertarian Bernard von NotHaus, creator of the Florida-born Liberty Dollar.
The value of art takes on very different meanings in the work of two Copenhagen residents. One makes paintings he knows will sell well; the other makes paintings that are literally currency, which he uses to pay for dentist visits, clothes, and even drinks at a bar.
The self-declared “world’s greatest counterfeiter,” Frank Bourassa, printed $250 million in fake US currency until he was caught by an undercover cop in 2012. And yet he hardly served any jail time.