Executive Order 6102Revoked

Forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates

Federal & State Law Editorial TeamLast reviewed: April 2026

Franklin D. Roosevelt

April 5, 1933

N/A (pre-Federal Register)

Summary

Prohibited private ownership of gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates by U.S. citizens, requiring them to deliver their gold to Federal Reserve Banks. Part of Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression and the devaluation of the dollar.

Topics

monetary policygold standardGreat Depressionbanking

Related Executive Orders

EO 11110superseded

Amendment of Executive Order No. 10289 Relating to the Performance of Certain Functions Affecting the Department of the Treasury

John F. Kennedy — June 4, 1963

superseded

Removal of Federal Deposits from the Bank of the United States

Andrew Jackson — September 20, 1833

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