Executive Order 6102

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Executive Order 6102 was a 1933 U.S. presidential directive by Franklin D. Roosevelt that required Americans to surrender most of their gold holdings to the government in an effort to combat the Great Depression and stabilize the banking system.

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instanceOf United States executive order ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gold Confiscation Order ⓘ
Roosevelt gold seizure order ⓘ
appliesTo associations in the United States ⓘ
corporations in the United States ⓘ
individuals in the United States ⓘ
partnerships in the United States ⓘ
compensationRate 35 US dollars per troy ounce of fine gold ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned 1933-04-05 ⓘ
effect facilitated devaluation of the US dollar against gold ⓘ
increased federal control over gold reserves ⓘ
restricted private ownership of monetary gold in the United States ⓘ
exemption dental uses of gold ⓘ
gold coins with recognized special value to collectors ⓘ
industrial uses of gold ⓘ
small amounts of gold for personal use ⓘ
historicalContext Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression

banking crisis of 1933 ⓘ
issuedDuring First 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Emergency Banking Act of 1933 ⓘ
Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 ⓘ
locationSigned Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf New Deal monetary reforms ⓘ
penalty both fine and imprisonment ⓘ
fine up to 10000 US dollars ⓘ
imprisonment up to 10 years ⓘ
president Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
publisher Federal Register ⓘ
purpose to combat the Great Depression ⓘ
to prevent hoarding of gold ⓘ
to require surrender of most gold held by persons and entities in the United States ⓘ
to stabilize the banking system ⓘ
relatedTo Executive Order 6260 ⓘ
Gold Reserve Act of 1934 ⓘ
linked to: Gold Reserve Act

United States gold standard ⓘ
requires delivery of gold bullion to Federal Reserve banks or member banks ⓘ
delivery of gold certificates to Federal Reserve banks or member banks ⓘ
delivery of gold coin to Federal Reserve banks or member banks ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
subject Great Depression ⓘ
gold ownership ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
title Executive Order 6102 ⓘ
year 1933 ⓘ

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Gold Reserve Act → relatedTo → Executive Order 6102 ⓘ
Executive Order 6102 → title → Executive Order 6102 ⓘ
Executive Order 6102 → alsoKnownAs → Gold Confiscation Order ⓘ
linked to: Executive Order 6102
Executive Order 6102 → alsoKnownAs → Roosevelt gold seizure order ⓘ
linked to: Executive Order 6102
United States gold policy → codifiedBy → Executive Order 6102 ⓘ
Executive Order 6260 → follows → Executive Order 6102 ⓘ
Executive Order 6260 → relatedTo → Executive Order 6102 ⓘ