To: count-your-change
Not everyone's gold was seized; only those who complied!
(There are plenty of US gold coins dating before the 1930s to prove it!)
To: ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY
Not everyone's gold was seized; only those who complied! (There are plenty of US gold coins dating before the 1930s to prove it!
Obvious civil-disobedience-model-for-use-today ping!
To: ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY
Coins deemed rare and of special interest were allowed but guess who decided the definitions. From the Act,
“(b) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $100.00 belonging to any one person; and gold coins having recognized special value to collectors of rare and unusual coins.”
Gold was valued at about $20 an ounce at the time.
76 posted on
11/07/2008 7:25:45 AM PST by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY
The feds didn't melt all the gold coins. They could be used to pay foreign governments. The coins available to us today are not necessarily from hold outs of FDR's gold seizure.
106 posted on
11/07/2008 10:59:58 AM PST by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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