Gold Reserve Act of 1934

Gold Reserve Act of 1934

Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January 1934, the Act was the culmination of Roosevelt’s controversial gold program. Among other things, the Act transferred ownership of all monetary gold in the United States to the US Treasury and prohibited the Treasury and financial institutions from redeeming dollars for gold.

United State Treasury Department Provisional Regulations issued

Before Nixon took the US off the Gold Standard, where would people

1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle.

The Controversial Gold Reserve Act of 1934

How the US government seized all citizens' gold in 1930s

FDR's Silver Nationalization 1934

The changing faces of U.S. currency

When FDR Abandoned the Gold Standard

How Did the Gold Standard Contribute to the Great Depression

The History of the $100,000 Bill