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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 948926, member: 66&quot;]There were not.&nbsp; Once the gold came into their hands it was supposed to be returned to the government and not paid back out.&nbsp; Same as $500 and $1000 notes today.&nbsp; You may have a point though since it was a Savings Bank.&nbsp; They may have not been under the same strict obligation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of people didn&#039;t turn in their gold when directed to back in 1933.&nbsp; There was a legal loophole that allowed them to keep at least part of it.&nbsp; As time passed though te next generation, and some of the older one, came to believe that it was illegal for them to have the gold.&nbsp; Some people in order to try and get rid of it anonymously would do things like hide it in the middle of a roll of coins or in the case of half eagles use them in vending machines as nickels.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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