> and if they try to ban that, they'd have to ban jewellery also, so good luck trying that But they did ban gold in the US in 1933 without banning jewellery[0]

> and if they try to ban that, they'd have to ban jewellery also, so good luck trying that But they did ban gold in the US in 1933 without banning jewellery[0]. The ban doesn't have to be perfect to be useful to a government. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102