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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 26769732, member: 73489&quot;]It seems that regardless of Woodin&#039;s presence (and I believe he died shortly into FDR&#039;s 1st term)....the widespread knowledge that you could hold gold in the form of coins wasn&#039;t well known until about the time of this memo....1944.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actual coin collectors were certainly aware...but folks who wanted to take advantage of this memo&#039;s core thesis -- <b><span style="color: #ff8000">that if you paid a PREMIUM to the value of the gold...that the coin was numismatic </span></b>-- appear to have been a bit late to the party.&nbsp; Louis Eliasberg picked up his gold buying right after 1933, killing 2 birds with 1 stone by buying numismatics (coin collecting + investing in gold).</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>I have not seen any in-depth analyses....but it is estimated that about 15 million to 40 million Americans hold more than 1 ounce of gold today wheras the amount in the early-1930&#039;s was probably a few million, tops.&nbsp; So much more widespread gold ownership today (and far larger in nominal and real terms) makes any talk of confiscation a pipe dream, IMO</b></u>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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