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> >It seems that there were changes to the law in 1977 which were upheld 
> which later legalized gold contracts as enforceable.  Therefore gold can be 
> used 
> as a currency.

No.  This supreme court decision is often cited by goldniks as a striking 
down of the 'gold clause' but it isn't.  The decision in the case involved 
determined that in that case the gold was being used as a commodity and not 
monetarily and so the voiding of the contract on the basis of the gold clause 
did not 
apply.

James