Gold clause

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Gold clauses specified within business contracts allow the creditor the option to receive payment in gold or gold equivalent. A 'gold clause' may prove valuable to the creditor in long term contracts, wherein questions may arise as to whether a currency in use at the time the contract was entered into would still have the same value when payment is due. Creditor concerns in respect to inflation, war, changes in government, and any other uncertainty about the future value of currency would be common reasons for adopting a 'gold clause' within a contract.

These clauses were common at the beginning of the twentieth century.^{[citation needed]} However, their use in the United States was invalidated by the Gold Reserve Act of 1934. Consequently, their use fell out of favor.^{[clarification needed]} Congress later reinstated their use for obligations (new contracts) issued after October 1977 in accordance with 31 U.S.C. § 5118(d)(2).^[1]

August 27, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the enforceability of such clauses in the decision Jamaica Avenue, LLC vs S&R Playhouse Realty Co. ^[2].

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