Tag Archives: fed

#TinFoilTuesday – The 1933 US Gold Confiscation Under Executive Order 6102: Could it happen again?

Posted on by Wes

In 1933, the US government, by mere executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, seized all US gold bullion coins from its citizens (well– all that weren’t illegally stowed away or moved overseas) and made it illegal to “hoard” gold … Continue reading

Posted in Monetary Policy, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments on Facebook