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  2. Executive Order 6102 - Wikipedia

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    Executive Order 6102 also led to the extreme rarity of the 1933 Double Eagle gold coin. The order caused all gold coin production to cease and all 1933 minted coins to be destroyed. About 20 such coins were stolen, leading to an outstanding US Secret Service warrant for arrest and confiscation of the coins. [8]

  3. Gold Reserve Act - Wikipedia

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    Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., Nortz v. U.S.), the Gold Reserve Act was subject to scrutiny by the United States Supreme Court, which narrowly upheld Roosevelt's gold confiscation policy. The 1962 case United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster concerned the seizure of a 14-pound golden statue of a rooster.

  4. 1933 double eagle - Wikipedia

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    In 1933, in an attempt to end the 1930s general bank crisis, U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6102, which provisions included: . Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on or before May 1, 1933, to a Federal Reserve bank or a branch or agency thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates ...

  5. Gold Investing: The 1933 Gold Coin That’s Illegal To Own and ...

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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the government signed Executive Order 6102 which banned private gold ownership as part of its strategy to tackle the Great Depression, requiring citizens to ...

  6. Gold Prices May Suffer Amid Complaints About Coin Scams

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    Gold bugs like to think they have all their bases covered. The price of the precious metal can only go up whether the economy is facing inflation or deflation, or so they claim. But beyond the ...

  7. Gold Clause Cases - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] In 1986, the federal government introduced the American Gold Eagle coin series, the first gold money produced by the United States since the Great Depression. These coins are legal tender at their face value but the Mint offers them only as collectibles at their much higher bullion value, not as a form of payment by the government.

  8. 9 Rare American Coins That Are Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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    Rare and valuable American coins come in numerous denominations, designs and metal compositions, and they can sell for anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to a few million. Although the priciest...

  9. United States one-hundred-thousand-dollar bill - Wikipedia

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    Executive Order 6102 prohibited the hoarding of gold certificates, accompanied also by bullion and coins. [4] Unlike the other denominations of US dollars, the $100,000 bill was never issued as a Federal Reserve Note (aka greenback). It was only issued in the form of a gold certificate. About 42,000 of the $100,000 bills were printed.