Twenty US dollars gold coins are pictured in Paris. File photo.InternationalIndiaAfricaUntil the 1930s, the United States dollar was backed by gold, with holders able head to their local bank and swap a $20 bill and change for a troy ounce of the precious metal. That changed during the Great Depression. What prompted the US government’s […]
Twenty US dollars gold coins are pictured in Paris. File photo.InternationalIndiaAfricaUntil the 1930s, the United States dollar was backed by gold, with holders able head to their local bank and swap a $20 bill and change for a troy ounce of the precious metal. That changed during the Great Depression. What prompted the US government’s […]