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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 3532297, member: 92212&quot;]I don&#039;t have a golden retriever in this fight, but I was prompted to take a quick look and found this interesting information:&nbsp; </p><p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102</a></b></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">&quot;Executive Order 6102 required all persons to deliver on or before May 1, 1933, all but a small amount of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_coin" rel="nofollow">gold coin</a>, gold <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullion" rel="nofollow">bullion</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_certificates" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_certificates" rel="nofollow">gold certificates</a> owned by them to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve" rel="nofollow">Federal Reserve</a>, in exchange for $20.67 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_price_index" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_price_index" rel="nofollow">consumer price index</a>, adjusted value of $400 today)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102#cite_note-inflation-US-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102#cite_note-inflation-US-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> per <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_ounce" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_ounce" rel="nofollow">troy ounce</a>. Under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_with_the_Enemy_Act_of_1917" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_with_the_Enemy_Act_of_1917" rel="nofollow">Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917</a>, as amended by the recently passed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Banking_Act" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Banking_Act" rel="nofollow">Emergency Banking Act</a> of March 9, 1933, violation of the order was punishable by fine up to $10,000 (equivalent to $193,548 today)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102#cite_note-inflation-US-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102#cite_note-inflation-US-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> or up to ten years in prison, or both.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Order 6102 specifically exempted &quot;customary use in industry, profession or art&quot;, a provision that covered artists, jewelers, dentists, and sign makers among others. The order further permitted any person to own up to $100 in gold coins (a face value equivalent to 5 troy ounces (160 g) of gold valued at about $6,339 in 2016). The same paragraph also exempted &quot;gold coins having recognized special value to collectors of rare and unusual coins&quot;. That protected recognized gold coin collections from legal seizure and likely melting.&quot;</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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