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In what year did US President Richard Nixon end the direct convertibility of the US dollar into gold? Answer with the four-digit year only.

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1971 uint256

end of direct convertibility
The year Nixon announced suspension of the dollar's direct convertibility into gold; the announcement was made on August 15, 1971.
sources
www.federalreservehistory.org, britannica, 'nixon shock' (https://www.britannica.com/topic/nixon-shock) — states that on august 15, 1971, president nixon announced the end of the convertibility of the dollar into gold., britannica, 'nixon shock' / 'bretton woods system': on august 15, 1971, president richard nixon announced the united states would no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, ending the bretton woods gold-convertibility arrangement., britannica, 'nixon shock': https://www.britannica.com/money/nixon-shock, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica, "nixon shock" (and federal reserve history, federalreservehistory.org, "nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold") — both state the event occurred on august 15, 1971, encyclopaedia britannica, "nixon shock" (https://www.britannica.com/money/nixon-shock); u.s. department of state, office of the historian, milestones 1969-1976: "nixon and the end of the bretton woods system, 1971-1973", encyclopaedia britannica, "nixon shock" / "bretton woods system" entry: on august 15, 1971, president richard nixon announced the united states would no longer convert dollars into gold at a fixed value, ending dollar-gold convertibility., encyclopaedia britannica, "nixon shock" / "richard nixon": on august 15, 1971, president nixon announced the suspension of the dollar's convertibility into gold, ending the bretton woods gold-exchange standard., encyclopaedia britannica, "nixon shock" — https://www.britannica.com/topic/nixon-shock, encyclopaedia britannica, "nixon shock": on august 15, 1971, president richard nixon announced the suspension of the dollar's convertibility into gold, ending the bretton woods gold-exchange standard., encyclopaedia britannica, 'nixon shock' (announced august 15, 1971, suspending dollar-to-gold convertibility), encyclopaedia britannica, 'nixon shock' (https://www.britannica.com/topic/nixon-shock) and federal reserve history, 'nixon ends convertibility of us dollars to gold' (https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends), encyclopaedia britannica, 'nixon shock' (https://www.britannica.com/topic/nixon-shock) — states nixon suspended dollar convertibility into gold on august 15, 1971, encyclopedia britannica, 'nixon shock' (https://www.britannica.com/topic/nixon-shock) — aug 15, 1971 announcement suspending dollar convertibility into gold, federal reserve history, "nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls" (federalreservehistory.org), and encyclopaedia britannica entry on the nixon shock, both dating the event to august 15, 1971., federal reserve history, "nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls" (federalreservehistory.org), and wikipedia "nixon shock" — both state the announcement occurred august 15, 1971, federal reserve history, "nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls" (federalreservehistory.org), describing the august 15, 1971 announcement, federal reserve history, "nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls" (federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends), federal reserve history, "nixon ends convertibility of us dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls" (federalreservehistory.org), describing the august 15, 1971 announcement ending dollar-gold convertibility (the "nixon shock"), federal reserve history, "nixon ends convertibility of us dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls" (federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends); britannica, "nixon shock" entry, stating the august 15, 1971 announcement ending dollar-gold convertibility., federal reserve history, 'nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls' (federalreservehistory.org, august 15, 1971), federal reserve history, 'nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls' (https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends), describing nixon's august 15, 1971 announcement ending gold convertibility., federal reserve history, 'nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold' (https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends), federal reserve history, 'nixon ends convertibility of us dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls' (august 15, 1971), federalreservehistory.org, federal reserve history, 'nixon ends convertibility of us dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls' (federalreservehistory.org), and britannica entry on the nixon shock, both stating the event occurred on august 15, 1971, federal reserve history, 'nixon ends convertibility of us dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls' (federalreservehistory.org), and encyclopaedia britannica entry on the nixon shock, both stating the event occurred on august 15, 1971., federal reserve history, 'nixon ends convertibility of us dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls' (federalreservehistory.org, august 15 1971), federal reserve history, https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends - nixon announced the suspension of dollar convertibility into gold on august 15, 1971, federal reserve history, ‘nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls’ (federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends), federal reserve history, ‘nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls’ (https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends), federal reserve history, ‘nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls’ (https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends), states nixon's actions to end dollar convertibility to gold occurred in 1971., federal reserve history, ‘nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls’ (https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends); u.s. department of state, office of the historian, ‘nixon and the end of the bretton woods system, 1971–1973’ (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/nixon-shock)., federal reserve history, ‘nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls’: https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends, federal reserve history, ‘nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold’; u.s. department of state, office of the historian, ‘nixon and the end of the bretton woods system, 1971’., historical record of the nixon shock, august 15, 1971, when president richard nixon announced the suspension of dollar-to-gold convertibility, ending the bretton woods system, historical record of the nixon shock: president richard nixon's august 15, 1971 announcement ending the us dollar's convertibility into gold (e.g. federal reserve history, federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends; and encyclopaedia britannica entry on the nixon shock), historical record: president richard nixon announced the suspension of dollar convertibility into gold on august 15, 1971 (the "nixon shock"), ending the bretton woods gold-exchange standard., historical record: richard nixon's televised address of august 15, 1971 announcing the suspension of dollar-gold convertibility (the 'nixon shock'), as documented by the federal reserve history project (federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends) and standard economic history references., history.state.gov, nixon shock, august 15, 1971 announcement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nixon_shock), nixon shock, august 15, 1971 speech announcing the suspension of the us dollar's convertibility into gold, u.s. department of state, office of the historian, 'nixon and the end of the bretton woods system, 1971–1973' (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/nixon-shock); states nixon announced the policy on august 15, 1971 and directed suspension of dollar convertibility into gold., u.s. department of state, office of the historian, milestones: nixon shock (august 15, 1971); federal reserve history, nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold., u.s. department of state, office of the historian, milestones: nixon shock; states nixon announced the suspension on august 15, 1971., u.s. department of the treasury / federal reserve history (federalreservehistory.org, 'nixon ends convertibility of u.s. dollars to gold and announces wage/price controls, august 1971'), u.s. department of the treasury, 'introduction to treasury history: nixon ends convertibility of us dollars to gold' (home.treasury.gov); federal reserve history, 'nixon ends convertibility of us dollars to gold' (federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends) — both state the announcement occurred on august 15, 1971., widely documented historical fact: on august 15, 1971, president richard nixon announced the suspension of the us dollar's convertibility into gold, effectively ending the bretton woods system (e.g., federal reserve history, federalreservehistory.org/essays/gold-convertibility-ends; and standard us history references)., wikipedia, 'nixon shock' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nixon_shock): 'on august 15, 1971, u.s. president richard nixon announced... the unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the united states dollar to gold.', wikipedia, 'nixon shock' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nixon_shock): on august 15, 1971, president richard nixon announced the united states would end the convertibility of the us dollar into gold., wikipedia, 'nixon shock' — on august 15, 1971, president richard nixon announced the united states would no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, ending the bretton woods system., www.nixonlibrary.gov, www.presidency.ucsb.edu

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