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To: KyrosL who wrote (63086)1/30/2001 9:10:56 AM
From: Enigma  Respond to of 116753
 
Homestake, and other mining companies acted as a proxy for gold in the States in the 30s - US citizens were forbidden to hold gold. The gold standard you mention only referred to convertibility between governments until Nixon closed that window in 1971.