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Moonlady
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Registered: ‎03-10-2010

Remember When Americans Couldn't Buy Gold?

‎07-24-2012 01:24 PM

Yes, everyone had some but, post-1975....wow.

At that time, charms, especially, were the things to get. One local store, Forman's, used to have a popular "traveling" gold exhibit at which customers could purchase gold charms, chains, and bracelets. Even discount stores like Naum Bros., Present Co., and Service Merchandise got into the act.

To give you a better idea of how new this experience was: I remember an episode of The Tonight Show, in which Johnny Carson bragged about how he'd just purchased a charm, a small gold bar, for his then-wife.

Do you remember the 1975 "Gold Rush?"

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