You're spot on, Beast, with your point about the authorities not...

You're spot on, Beast, with your point about the authorities not liking gold being a barometer of the economy's performance....its a constant embarassement and irritant to them to have this useless yellow thing forever and a day proclaiming the artificiality of their economic spin.
Sorry, Hobojoseph, I can't recall the exact reference to the Roosevelt gold sequestration act....but I remember being very surprised when I first read it and took some care over reading it. It was one of those link things where you surf from one starting point to another and God only knows where you end up.
I should start a separate file where things like that get downloaded and saved............yer,....very likely!