Interesting fact is what I believe was exempt from FDR’s gold grab were coins for numismatic value, and jewlry. I understand that a lot of people became instant coin collectors in the ‘30’s.
My grandpa was one of them. He was a contractor in Chicago.
I remember, when I was in about third grade, he showed me his collection. Loads of $20 gold pieces. Also, $10 and $5. And plenty of silver dollars from various years and in various conditions.
All the female members of our extended family had bracelets and pendants, and what not, featuring US gold pieces. LOL!
There is a family legend about some relatives in financial trouble, in danger of losing a business. Gramps told them to go to a certain location and look through the ashes below the furnace. They did, and what they found bailed them out.
Gramps was a Donk, but FDR be damned!