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Executive Order 6102 - Wikipedia Executive Order 6102 is an executive order signed on April 5, 1933, by US President Franklin D Roosevelt "forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States "
How the US government seized all citizens’ gold in 1930s There have been some stunning examples of “gold confiscation” in the past Most memorably, this occurred in the US in 1933 during the great depression – albeit it’s more accurate to call it a
April 5, 1933: America’s Gold Is Seized - This Day of History This executive order, commonly referred to as the Gold Confiscation Order, effectively prohibited the private ownership of gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates by American citizens The decision to seize gold was driven by a combination of factors
Why the U. S. Government Seized Citizens’ Gold in the 1930s There have been some stunning examples of “gold confiscation” in the past Most memorably, this occurred in the US in 1933 during the great depression – albeit it’s more accurate to call it a
Confiscation of Gold in 1933: Behind the Scenes of a . . . Gold coins, bullion and certificates had to be surrendered between April 5 and May 5, 1933, under penalty of ten years in prison and a $10,000 fine (the annual per capita income was $8,500 in 1934) Only the jewelry, dental, art and numismatic sectors were spared