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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 7399675, member: 73489&quot;]<b><i>CPLradar, we are just going to have to agree to disagree.</i></b><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoyed the back-and-forth:&nbsp; hard fought, but civil and respectful.&nbsp; I want to allow others to chime in too on the OP or related stuff without having to wade through more back-and-forths, hope you understand.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">I will end with this timeline for anybody who is interested:</span></b></p><ul> <li><b>March 2nd, 1933: </b> 1st 1933 Saint-Gaudens DEs are struck.&nbsp; The official Mint records and most previous sources do NOT cite March 2nd as the date of first striking, but March 15th.&nbsp; Roger Burdette uncovered this discrepancy from a letter dated 1945.</li> <li><b>March 4th:</b>&nbsp; FDR sworn in as president</li> <li><b>March 5th:&nbsp; </b>Last official gold shipment to Federal Reserve banks leaves the Mint</li> <li><b>March 6th:</b>&nbsp; Treasury Secretary Woodin (a coin collector) orders Mint Director Robert J. Grant to not &quot;pay out&quot; any more gold.&nbsp; Grant complies, with an addendum:&nbsp; &quot;.<i>....this does not prohibit the deposit of gold and the usual payment thereof.</i>&quot;</li> <li><b>March 7th:</b>&nbsp; A wire is sent from an Asst Attorney General stating that Mint personnel could continue exchanging gold coins for gold coins.</li> <li><b>March 15th:</b>&nbsp; A letter is sent by Acting Director Mary M. O&#039;Reilly (Mint Director Robert J. Grant&nbsp; was on leave) informing Lewis Froman of Buffalo, NY that he could deposit gold bullion directly at the Mint in exchange for gold coin because it <b><i>&quot;....neither increases nor depletes the stock of gold in the Treasury.&quot; </i></b></li> <li><b>April 5th: </b> FDR&#039;s Executive Order 6102 goes into effect.</li> <li><b>April 12th:</b>&nbsp; Last &quot;legal&quot; day for the public to participate in coin-for-coin exchanges.</li> <li><b>May-June (?):</b>&nbsp; An entire bag (250) of 1928 Saint-Gaudens DEs is stolen from the Philly Mint vault.&nbsp; The bag appears to have been stolen at the same time that 1933 Saints were placed in the vault. </li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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