[https://www.diviniti.com/ Gold coins] then had a very long period as a primary form of money, only falling into disuse in the early 20th century. Most of the world stopped making gold coins as currency by 1933, as countries switched from the [[gold standard]] due to hoarding during the worldwide economic crisis of the [[Great Depression]]. In the United States, 1933's [[Executive Order 6102]] forbade most private ownership of gold and was followed by a devaluation of the dollar relative to gold, although the United States did not completely [[Nixon shock|uncouple the dollar]] from the value of gold until 1971.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Paul |title=Nixon's Economic Policies Return to Haunt the G. O. P. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/15/archives/nixons-economic-policies-return-to-haunt-the-gop-nixons-economic.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 15, 1976}}</ref>
