Executive Order 6102
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Nov 2, 2026
speaker_4NARRATOR
From that day on, America's money would be managed by a central bank.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Twenty years later, in April of 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, ordering Americans to turn in their gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates.
speaker_4NARRATOR
And on the evening of August 15th, 1971, President Richard Nixon went on national television and cut the last tie between the dollar and gold.
Richard NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I have directed Secretary Connolly to suspend temporarily the convertibility of the dollar into gold or other reserve assets.
speaker_2NARRATOR
From that day on, America's money would be managed by a central bank.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Twenty years later, in April of 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, ordering Americans to turn in their gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates.
speaker_2NARRATOR
And on the evening of August 15th, 1971, President Richard Nixon went on national television and cut the last tie between the dollar and gold.
Richard NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I have directed Secretary Connolly to suspend temporarily the convertibility of the dollar into gold or other reserve assets.
speaker_9NARRATOR
From that day on, America's money would be managed by a central bank.
speaker_9NARRATOR
Twenty years later, in April of 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, ordering Americans to turn in their gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates.
speaker_9NARRATOR
And on the evening of August 15th, 1971, President Richard Nixon went on national television and cut the last tie between the dollar and gold.
Richard NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I have directed Secretary Connolly to suspend temporarily the convertibility of the dollar into gold or other reserve assets.
speaker_13NARRATOR
From that day on, America's money would be managed by a central bank.
speaker_13NARRATOR
Twenty years later, in April of 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, ordering Americans to turn in their gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates.
speaker_13NARRATOR
And on the evening of August 15th, 1971, President Richard Nixon went on national television and cut the last tie between the dollar and gold.
Richard NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I have directed Secretary Connolly to suspend temporarily the convertibility of the dollar into gold or other reserve assets.
MikeHOST
So that's what happened.
MikeHOST
And then, of course, we had Executive Order 6102, which is where they said to citizens, you have to turn over your gold.
MikeHOST
But it wasn't an out-and-out confiscation with people coming to your house with guns or anything like that.
MikeHOST
They actually allowed people to keep $100 of gold in their possession.