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digitalengineer
on Feb 26, 2014
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Tin cans filled with $10M in gold coins found buri...
Hard to believe now, but in 1933 the possession of gold by Americans was
banned
by Executive Order 6102. After the confiscation the price of gold jumped and people got duped.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102