1975

Private holding, no window

In 1975 private bullion holding is legal again. Public convertibility is not. The foreign official window closed in 1971.

United States double eagle of 1907.
United States double eagle, 1907. Private holding of a pre-1933 gold coin is legal again. The coin is not from this year.Public domain.

At the end of 1974, statute again allowed Americans to hold gold bullion. That private right is in force. It did not restore a public contract to redeem paper in gold.

The official window for foreign treasuries closed on 15 August 1971. Silver Thursday, the March 1980 break in a concentrated silver position, has not happened.

1933 U.S. gold recall