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To: Wayners who wrote (9051)8/25/2010 1:29:10 AM
From: Copeland1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 218828
 
I can't remember the exact details, but didn't the government peg gold at $25/oz at the time of the great confiscation? Then, after making it illegal to own gold, subsequently raised the peg to $35/oz?

Obviously, those who were able to escape with the yellow stuff to Europe made out like bandits while Mom and Dad America got screwed.