Executive Order 6102

Executive order 6102 is a united states presidential executive order signed on april 5 1933 by president franklin d.

Executive order 6102. Roosevelt forbidding the hoarding of gold coin gold bullion and gold certificates within the continental united states. By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 b of the act of october 6 1917 as amended by section 2 of the act of march 9 1933 entitled an act to provide relief in the existing national emergency in. Executive order 6102 is a united states presidential executive order signed on april 5 1933 by president franklin d.

In 1933 at the height of the great depression president franklin delano roosevelt fdr confiscated all of the gold that american private citizens held. Roosevelt forbidding the hoarding of gold coin gold bullion and gold certificates within the continental united states. The effect of the order in conjunction with the statute under which it was issued was to criminalize the possession of monetary gold by any individual.

The order was made under the authority of the trading with. What was the purpose of executive order 6102. Fdr issued executive order 6102 also known as the gold confiscation act.

Roosevelt forbidding the hoarding of gold coin gold bullion and gold certificates it required all persons to deliver on or before may 1 1933 all gold coin gold bullion and gold certificates owned by them to the federal reserve under the trading with the enemy act of october 6 1917 as. Executive order 6102 requiring gold coin gold bullion and gold certificates to be delivered to the government. Executive order 6102 is an executive order signed on april 5 1933 by u s.

Roosevelt 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 as amended by the emergency banking act in march 1933. Executive order 6102 is an executive order signed on april 5 1933 by us president franklin d.