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Politics : Technical Analysis

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To: lorne who wrote (5738)4/6/2013 11:03:53 AM
From: The1Stockman  Read Replies (1) of 14245
 
Good read, ... here is what happened in 1933.

<"Executive Order 6102
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Executive Order 6102 is an Executive Order signed on April 5, 1933, by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates within the continental United States". The order criminalized the possession of monetary gold by any individual, partnership, association or corporation.">

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They even sealed off all Safety Deposit Boxes for review.

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<"All such coin, bullion or other possessions of gold and silver be tendered within fourteen days to agents of the Government of the United States for compensation at the official price, in the legal tender of the Government. All safe deposit boxes in banks or financial institutions have been sealed, pending action in the due course of the law. All sales or purchases or movements of such gold and silver within the borders of the United States and its territories and all foreign exchange transactions or movements of such metals across the border are hereby prohibited.">


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