File:Grant Thwarting the Gold Ring 1869.tif
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English: A caricature of financier Jay Gould, left, who attempts to corner the gold market, represented by bulls and bears in a cage. On Black Friday, September 1869, in the midst of scandal, President Ulysses S. Grant, center, restored prevailing gold prices by having the U.S. Treasury sell five million dollars in gold which he brings forward in a bag.
Español: Caricatura del financista y especulador Jay Gould (a izquierda), intentando acaparar el mercado de oro (representado por toros y osos en una jaula). El dibujo alude al llamado Viernes Negro de septiembre de 1869, cuando en medio del escándalo y del nerviosismo, el presidente Ulysses S. Grant (al centro y llevando una bolsa con valores en su mano), restauró los precios del oro ordenando que el Tesoro de los Estados Unidos vendiera cinco millones de dólares en oro. |
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| Source | Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/90712364/ |
| Author | Currier & Ives, 1869 |
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