Today’s missive is about the biggest bet that Bernard Baruch ever made. But not only did the U.S. Government take it from him, they tormented him for doing it. It’s said that no American individual has ever held more gold in his personal possession… - Bernard Baruch’s personal stash of bullion was a little over 2 tons of gold (over 65,625 ounces).
That’s over USD$154 million in bullion at today’s prices. He was America’s richest Bullionaire (i.e. someone who owns 1,000 or more ounces of physical 99.99% gold). So what happened, you ask? America’s First Bullionaire Was Blindsided by Executive Order 6102 During the financial crisis of 1933, banks teetered on the edge of insolvency. In March of 1933, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York could no longer honor its commitment to convert currency to gold, which led to Roosevelt’s controversial Emergency Banking Act. The Emergency Banking Act gave the United States President the power to control international and domestic gold movements. On April 5, 1933, one month after taking office, President Roosevelt ordered all Americans, by Executive Order 6102, to surrender their gold at the government fixed rate of $20.67 per every ounce of gold. It became forbidden to hoard gold coins, bars or certificates within the United States. |
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