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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fretboard, post: 692947, member: 19765&quot;]Yes that was a long time ago, for sure 1933.&nbsp; The only thing I remember about gold when I was a youngster was that it was selling for $60 an oz. so that was quite awhile ago but still not as far as my Grandfather&#039;s time.&nbsp; My Father didn&#039;t know anything about coin collecting but my Grandpa knew plenty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have any stories to tell about their families having to turn over gold when this Executive Order 6102 happened?</p><p><br /></p><p>Some ppl think that it can&#039;t happen again and I just don&#039;t see how it could but if you think for one minute that the government would not do us wrong all I have to say is that they did it before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was anyone around after the depression when this order took place or do you have any enlightening story to fill us in on?&nbsp; Anyone?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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