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The article, at present, doesn't provide more detail on gold certificates as a current investment vehicle. Perhaps another section is warranted. 66.191.19.68 ( talk) 17:07, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
"When the U.S. was taken off the gold standard in 1933, gold certificates were withdrawn from circulation."
I find this a bit disingenuous. By any meaningful understanding of a "gold standard", the U.S. only abandoned gold as a standard in 1971. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.80.234.74 ( talk) 02:10, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
In this video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eExucI3IWs) around the 1:45 mark, a member of the Federal Reserve states that the Fed still holds billions of dollars in Gold Certificates. The gist of the article kind of makes Gold Certificates sound like an obsolete form of currency, but the video makes it seem like tons of these are still held and counted as legal tender, perhaps many as the 1934 series. Maybe this could be added to the page somehow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.121.105.94 ( talk) 17:35, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
The article constant refers to certificates redeemable in gold. It never quantifies the amounts of gold that are involved, other than in "dollar" units. But there were at least two "dollar" rates under "gold standard"s and even then the "gold points" had some effect. Since floating currency rates were adopted (1971), the article should also what units appear on modern (bullion bank) gold certificates. In short, precisely what is promised, and how is that promise redeemed?
I'd also like to hear a theory about how the legal tender act affects those promised redemptions. Is the gold certificate a "debt" for which FRNs could be tendered as payment? GJaxon ( talk) 02:57, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Formally, Gold Certificates could be taken to a Treasury branch, and gold coins could be demanded in the same face value dollar amount. The value of the dollar was pinned to the international value of Gold. And the law also pinned the value of silver to that of Gold (20:1). So whenever one or the other became weak relative to the other, this messed with the currency, since the value of the currency did not reflect the value of the physical metal behind it. But to answer your question specifically, from the early 1880's through the early 1930's, that 50 year period in which Gold Certificates were a common circulating currency, the law dictated that Gold was worth $20.64 per ounce, and so $20 Gold Coins contained roughly $20 worth of gold. Whatever other rates may have existed were irrelevant, because the relevant factor was the law pertaining to the use and purpose of the Gold Certificates. 99.7.246.126 ( talk) 05:06, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
The intro of this article describes the subject in general, but all of the sections are about US Gold Certificates. If gold certificates issued in other countries are notable, they should be added to the article, or else the article should be renamed from "Gold certificate" to "Gold Certificate." - Jordon Kalilich ( talk) 04:14, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
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I wanted to see if there would be any objection to converting this article into a list-format article to nominate at FLC. I am almost finished with a similar conversion of Silver Certificate. It would probably take 4-8 weeks of off-line work before importing it. Thanks- Godot13 ( talk) 22:21, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
Under the "modern use" section, it claims that gold certificates used today are an electronic form of book keeping, but the source used for it makes no mention of it being electronic. Is the editor sure that the $11 billion or so in gold certificates today are electronic and not kept in tangible form? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChameleonXVX ( talk • contribs) 23:37, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Has anyone noticed that other websites say Friday, December 13 of 1935, not December 12 for the post office fire? By the way, I checked the calendar. Friday was the 13th. Can anyone double check the book that is cited? Thanks. Buscus 3 ( talk) 22:03, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
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Other notes: $20, $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000Banknote: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (image courtesy of the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History)
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Several times I've reverted a change that a user has made, redirecting this page to "Gold as an investment" instead of the original target of "Gold certificate (United States)". I don't want to get into an edit war, but I feel like this is pushing a POV, including the last suggestion to "Compare with silver certificate and silver certificate (United States).)" The issue is that the second link mentioned ("Silver certificate (United States)) is exactly the type of article this originally redirected to. Am I way (or even a little bit) out of line for suggesting it shouldn't have been changed? Almostfm ( talk) 11:22, 28 January 2023 (UTC)