1930s $100,000 U.S. Gold Certificate

Grade Range: K-12
Resource Type(s): Artifacts, Primary Sources
Date Posted: 9/30/2008

During the early 1930s, the United States and the rest of the industrialized world experienced an economic depression. In 1934, the United States continued its movement toward removing its currency from the gold standard. It even became illegal to possess gold coins or gold-based currency until Congress relented somewhat for collectors.