1933 Gold Ban

Full Name
Executive Order 6102 Forbidding the Hoarding of gold
Start Date
4/5/1933
Primary Date
4/5/1933
End Date
12/31/1974
Parent Event

On 4/5/1933 President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102 which forbit the Hoarding of gold coins, bullion and gold certificates within the continental United States

Legal Basis for 6102 Order

  • Based on 1917 Trading With The Enemy Act
  • Supported by the 1933 Emergency Banking Act

Revocation


1933 Gold Ban Criticisms