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[{$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|Year 1933].

The limitation on [gold] ownership in the [United States] was repealed after President [Gerald Ford|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford]  signed a bill legalizing private ownership of [gold] coins, bars, and certificates by an Act of Congress, codified in  [Pub.L.|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Law_(United_States)]  [93–373|https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/93/373] ,%%sup [[1]/% which went into effect December 31, [1974|Year 1974].


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* [#1] - [Executive_Order_6102|Wikipedia:Executive_Order_6102|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2021-10-16