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BOOK REVIEW: CONFISCATIONRobert Whitehead of Sautee-Nacoochee, Georgia submitted this review of Confiscation: Gold as Contraband 1933-1975. Thank you! -Editor
 Thanks for the recommendation on Kenneth Ferguson’s new book “Confiscation.” This proved to be a well written retelling of the events surrounding the Roosevelt Administration’s confiscation of gold coins and the
surrounding actions by Congress to affirm his decisions. While the times were different, and the Great Depression created the environment, I have always thought the action was excessive.
Mr. Ferguson’s explanation of the times, the events, and the Roosevelt actions help bring into focus which actions were needed and which were not needed. For any collector this is an important book to understand how world events can shape political actions that ultimately have great impact on our hobby. I would recommend this book to anyone remotely interested in the topic. To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:  Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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