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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 364495, member: 11668&quot;]Not exactly.&nbsp; The 1964 regulation which legalised the holding of gold certificates specifically referred to U.S. gold certificates issued before January 30, 1934--thus excluding the Series 1934 notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time, of course, it was illegal for U.S. citizens to own gold at all (with certain exceptions), so it wouldn&#039;t have made any sense to lift the ban on the 1934 notes, nor on various foreign issues, which were still redeemable for gold.&nbsp; But the pre-1934 U.S. gold certificates hadn&#039;t been redeemable since &#039;34 anyway, so there was no reason to prevent collectors from holding them.&nbsp; In fact, the loosening of the rules in 1964 came about because the Secret Service confiscated a few GC&#039;s from a collector, and the collector happened to have an old friend who was then serving in Congress....</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I&#039;m pretty sure I&#039;ve seen that note with serial 20113 before.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s on exhibit at one of the Federal Reserve Banks, but I&#039;m too sleepy to go searching for it now.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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