Executive Order 6102

Executive Order 6102 is an Executive Order signed on April 5, 1933, by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates within the continental United States". The order criminalized the possession of monetary gold by any individual, partnership, association or corporation.

Read more about Executive Order 6102:  Rationalization, Effect of The Order, Invalidation and Reissue, Abrogation and Subsequent Events, The Myth of A Safe Deposit Box Seizures Order, Similar Laws in Other Countries

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