FDR Destroyed the Truth about Gold

On April 5, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt issued a decree that made it illegal for Americans to own gold. Any American caught owning gold after that date would be hit with a federal felony prosecution and face a penalty of up to five to ten years in jail and a $10,000 fine. Roosevelt’s decree, which was memorialized as Executive Order 6102, still stands as one of the most remarkable, shocking, and tyrannical events in U.S. history.

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