0 the activity of investing money or selling gold, silver, etc. after a period during which investors have saved them --
It would have inflationary effects in many countries, both because of the sudden very large increases in reserves and because of the amount of "dishoarding" which would take place.
The purpose of the measures of control over gold coins is to discourage hoarding and promote dishoarding.
It follows, then, that if there is no dishoarding of labour, the employment situation will become all the more critical.