World Gold

by LeRoy H. Appleton

$350 · Offered by Argosy Book Store

New York: Fortune, 1936. Pictorial map. Color lithograph. Measures 13 3/4 x 22 3/8 This infographic world map visualizes the global flow, production, and concentration of gold during the interwar monetary crisis, following the spectacular gold event of 1934-1935. This refers to FDR's Gold Reserve Act of 1934, the collapse of the gold standard, and the explosive rise in gold production during the Depression. The

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