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Card IX-6: GOLD DAY – Gerald Ford revokes the orders restricting gold. After 41 years, Americans may freely own gold again. On New Year’s Eve, 1974.

Anniversary · 31 December · THE ARCHIVE

Gerald Ford revokes the orders restricting gold. After 41 years, Americans may freely own gold again. On New Year’s Eve, 1974.

GOLD DAY · EXECUTIVE ORDER 11825 · 31.12.1974

Turn it over, answer, sign – free, no account.

Source

Fact · Executive Order 11825, White House press release, 31 December 1974 (Gerald R. Ford Library)

Open source · fordlibrarymuseum.gov ↗

The question on the back

What you own – is it yours, or merely permitted?