that's why I found it interesting, how many times have we heard this could actually happen and most likely, now that we are witnessing it , then it most likely could happen in other countries. What the ramifications are I'm not sure and if this could actually lead to gov'ts grabbing your gold I wonder. Hard to grab physical gold hidden under the mattress but I read at some point them siezing gold etf's could be a possibility. After reading this who knows......