Owner Comments:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945)
• Born: January 30, 1882
• Birthplace: Hyde Park, New York
• Died: April 12, 1945
• Best Known As: 32nd President of the
United States; “FDR”
Secretary of the Treasury appointed by President Roosevelt:
• William H. Woodin (New York, New York)
March 5, 1933 – December 31, 1933
• Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (Poughkeepsie,
New York) January 1, 1934 – July 22,
1945
United States Mint Directors Appointed by President Roosevelt:
• Nellie Tayloe Ross (Wyoming) - May 3,
1933 – April 1953
Coinage legislation under President Roosevelt:
• March 6, 1933 - issues Executive Order
6260, prohibiting further release of gold
coins, forbidding private citizens holding
gold coins or paper money redeemable in
gold, ordering all to turn in gold coins and
bullion.
• April 5, 1933 - issues Executive Order
6102, requiring public to turn in gold
certificates, bullion, and coins for
placement in the Federal Reserve.
• April 19, 1933 - announces US will leave
the gold standard.
• August 28, 1933 - issues Executive Order
6260, allowing exemptions to the gold
ownership ban for up to $100, and for
gold coins of recognized collector value.
• December 21 - issues an Executive
Proclamation authorizing the US
Treasury to coin half of the 97.7 million
ounces of silver bullion agreed to be
purchased over the next four years.
• Act of June 19, 1934: It authorized the
treasury secretary of the Treasury to
purchase silver at home and abroad.
• Act of August 13, 1935: Authorized the
secretary of war to transfer to the
jurisdiction and control of the secretary of
the treasury portions of the property within
the Fort Knox Military Reservation in
Kentucky.
• Act of June 22, 1936: Appropriated
approximately $1.48 million through June
30, 1937, to cover the cost of transporting
bullion and coins from the mints and assay
offices to the Fort Knox Bullion Depository.
• Act of August 21, 1937: Authorized the
secretary of war to transfer to the
jurisdiction and control of the secretary of
the treasury portions of the property within
the West Point Military Reservation in New
York. Authorized the secretary of the
treasury to construct a building for use as a
depository and for carrying out any other
functions or duties of the treasury
department.