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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1127684, member: 11668&quot;]It was, from 1933 to 1964. But plenty of them survived anyway, either because they were outside the country or because somebody just didn&#039;t turn them in.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There was an interesting story in Coin World a while back about the reason the ban was lifted.&nbsp; Apparently in 1964 the Secret Service showed up to confiscate three gold certificates that a banker had been showing off to his friends...and the banker didn&#039;t like that, so he called up his Senator and got the regulations changed so that he could keep his collection!&nbsp; Sometimes you&#039;ve just got to know the right people....&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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