Most people think that the US Government only stole the peoples gold. David Morgan points out information stating that the government also stole the peoples silver: http://www.silver-investor.com/blog/silver-market-update/is-krauth-a-silver-expert/ "EO 6814 issued on August 9, 1934, caused the public to be dispossessed of 113,031,000 oz silver as of February 1937 as documented with court acceptable data in my 312 page week by week documentary of the FDR gold/silver seizure at the site linked. For the sake of the FACTS alone, I HOPE this post won't get deleted due to some absurd personality popularity profile parade."
The reason for the unawareness is that some wiki page author took the text from the gold article Executive Order 6102 april 5, 1933 http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=14611 , and added 'and silver' everywhere 'gold' appeared, and added some text from his own, while falsely suggesting that he was quoting. While the actual silver article was another 'executive order' number, that was given more than a year later than the gold one, see Executive Order 6814 august 9, 1934 http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=14741 So they first 'confisquated' gold, then 16 months later also silver. About what is effectively true of the confiscation, many contradictions. Some state that it was hopeless ineffective, and that only a small amount was actually confiscated. I don't know what is 'most' true. Lack of a more reliable source, alike this .edu is.
