Gold Confiscation: How Likely Is It To Happen Again?

Lorimer Wilson July 28, 2018 Comments Off on Gold Confiscation: How Likely Is It To Happen Again? 2,386 Views

Bron Suchecki, in an interview with Gregor Gregerson, discusses:

gold confiscation (like when FDR issued Executive Order 6102 in 1933),
how likely it is to happen again and
the possible impact of the occurrence of a gold confiscation event on different assets: bullion, jewelry, mining stocks and numismatics.

Discussed in the 50:47 minute interview:

00:43 Difference between expropriation and confiscation.
05:03 How would gold confiscation be like today?
09:55 Defense against a gold confiscation event.
11:35 Offshore storage as a delaying mechanism.
14:02 Considering the jurisdiction for offshore storage.
19:23 Impact of confiscation on mining stocks.
21:54 Industrial uses of gold are usually exempted.
23:07 Confiscation of jewelry.
26:17 Australia’s Part IV of the Banking Act 1959.
31:29 Why the RBA only suspended Part IV, not repealed.
37:14 Impact of confiscation on numismatics.
39:14 Would silver be confiscated?
41:46 Prospect of recalling legal tender coins.
43:51 Holding legal tender coins vs bars.
44:46 Mindset of a safe haven gold buyer.

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