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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4214502, member: 66&quot;]Yes they could have, but they didn&#039;t want to.&nbsp; We didn&#039;t finally get completely off the gold standard until 1971.&nbsp; They were still trying to keep the dollar at least to some extent tied to gold.&nbsp; If the law requires some percentage of gold for every dollar issued and you want to issue more dollars, you either change the law, or somehow get more gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the gold was not confiscated.&nbsp; They paid for every ounce turned in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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