"I think it's just someone's ploy to pump up the interest in gold."
This is possible.
The sheep believe that Dollars are safe and it wouldn't surprise me to see the PMs bashed into oblivion again to try to make the same point they have been making for hundreds of years. They may make man... I mean sheep... fear ownership of gold. And when it is virtually impossible for the common man to get their hands on gold the Central banks won't have a problem revaluing gold because only the few will benefit.
Why outlaw ownership of gold when big brother can make it impossible to get?
No one really knows how much "money" is tied to CDS. I have read estimates in the hundreds of trillions.... Hundreds of Trillions!!!
It's impossible to keep this dog and pony show going on much longer.
I laugh every time I hear them say that there isn't enough gold in the world for it to be used in the monetary system... That is why they must revalue it and remonetize silver at some point.
They don't have me fooled... Gold, Silver and Oil are Money not Trees and old clothes.