[OT] why was private gold ownership made illegal in the US? (Re: "to outlaw general purpose computers")

[Blanc]

Duncan Frissell said:

By forcing Americans to turn in
their gold before devaluation, the Feds got more gold for less money.

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But:  the individual common folk couldn't be forced to turn in their gold if
the govmt didn't know they had any, right, since gold wasn't/isn't
trackable.  So it would only have been highly visible commercial entities
who couldn't refuse?

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Blanc