It took decades, beginning 1913 until 1972. Step by step. Piece by piece. From authorized to redeemable to legal tender. All a process of conditioning the public to accept these notes as lawful money. Now with 'quantitative easing', the FED can print limitless amounts of notes. I have no doubt that another crisis is looming to collect the wealth again. If they did it once, they will try it again. @ironshield