!!! Overview [{$pagename}] was an [Executive order] by [President of the United States of America] [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] signed on April 5, [1933|Year 1933], "forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental [United States]." The executive order was made under the authority of the Trading with the Enemy Act of [1917|Year 1917], as amended by the Emergency Banking Act in March 1933. !! More Information There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: [{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }]