Treasury Sale Sinks Gold Prices
September 24 1869

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'Black Friday': Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
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James Fisk (financier)external
Jay Gouldexternal
United States Department of the Treasuryexternal
Ulysses S. Grantexternal
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Black Friday (1869)external
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