And then there is always the worry this could happen again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102
That was gold only. Silver was not touched. This time around I don’t think the Obama-trons and their ilk will issue any gold confiscation orders a la FDR. They will just tax the transactions to death (say 30-50%) with heavy penalties for neighbor Joe selling gold coins to neighbor Tom without notifying the IRS. Kinda like a Federale gun registry, the Federales might get very interested in those anti-fiat money guys who live in the USA. Might what to know who they are and to tax the shyte out of their gold and silver transaction
In our zero sum economy the Obama plan is to take from us (defund us) via taxes what have you and to fund the left, fund the Obama voters-moochers, fund an ever growing Federale Gov’t bureaucracy crammed full of affirmative action hires.