Posted by: TAThatBoomerang
Posting time: 4.6 years ago on 4/21/2016 9:24:32 PM
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Archived TIL that in 1998, the South Korean people donated metric tons of gold jewlery to the state in order to prevent an economic collapse of their country (news.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 4.6 years ago by TAThatBoomerang
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[–] Paganfun 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 4.6 years ago
The United States did something similar in 1934 ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Reserve_Act
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[–] Paganfun 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The United States did something similar in 1934 ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Reserve_Act