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Imagine waking up one morning and discovering that the government had made your money illegal. That’s exactly what happened in 1933, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6102, forcing Americans to surrender their gold to the U.S. Treasury.

For centuries, gold was the backbone of trust in money. Americans held coins, bars, and certificates that were directly tied to gold. But during the Great Depression, the U.S. economy was crumbling. Banks were collapsing, unemployment was soaring, and faith in the financial system was disappearing.

Roosevelt’s solution? Remove gold from the people’s hands. Citizens were required to turn in their gold at a fixed price of $20.67 per ounce. Soon after, the government raised the price of gold to $35 an ounce — effectively devaluing the dollar and confiscating billions in wealth from ordinary Americans.

This bold — and controversial — move gave the government control over the money supply, allowing massive spending to restart the economy. But it also left Americans questioning whether their savings were ever truly safe.

💡 Why did the U.S. seize its citizens’ gold? Could something similar happen today in the age of digital currencies and inflation?

In this episode of The Money Archive, we dive into the shocking story of the 1933 Gold Seizure, the hidden consequences it had on ordinary Americans, and the lessons we can still learn from one of the most controversial economic moves in U.S. history.

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