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European banks limiting gold sales?

CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
One of the dealers on my old dealer-to-dealer network just posted this:

"Apropos of nothing, I had a customer in yesterday
who was back visiting his family in Italy the
other week, and they made a trip to Austria where
they do their banking, and it's true - in
Austria purchases of gold bullion by the public
is now limited by law to something like $10K
worth. This new policy is fallout from the
European crisis, I suppose. Nonetheless,
a very frightening gov't action to be happening
in the supposed free world."
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

Comments

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This kind of policy once the word gets out could cause a run on the banks and bullion exchanges.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,793 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Purpose is to prevent bank account holders from draining the banks. A subsequent black market in gold will drive prices even higher.

    "Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey

  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thought I saw mention of this being instilled in the US on the kitco forums last week as well.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Best to have real metals.... things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. Remember, paper has a tendency to 'disappear'... hard metals are the safest form. Cheers, RickO
  • pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭
    We shall see what happens here. Maybe put the U.S. Mint out of business if they did that here.
  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭
    that is false

    only thing concrete is that France can impose limits or ban purchases by decree, that was "back" in late July.

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