[21twelve]

What are the chances that safety-deposit boxes in banks could be raided for the same purpose? (No wonder grandma buried hers in a mason jar in the garden.)

[blam]

FYI...

Mine are underground too.

[nkycincinnatikid]

They do it all the time.
Always an innocent mistake.
Always.
You had gold in that box?
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.
Of course you did.
HA Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha...
When we mistakenly emptied your box all we found was this chipped ashtray from the King David Hotel.
Here we saved it for you.

[Lurker]

The chances of that happening are about 100%.

[EBH]

They did raid them during the 1930s. Several things you are not supposed to store in safety deposit boxes if you read the fine print when you opened the box. Also keep in mind if a bank holiday is declared you will not have access to the box either.

[EBH]

Based on this information from early this year....very good.

U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS TOLD BANKS – IN WRITING – IT MAY INSPECT SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES WITHOUT WARRANT AND SEIZE ANY GOLD, SILVER, GUNS OR OTHER VALUABLES IT FINDS INSIDE THOSE BOXES!

[silverleaf]

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4832471&page=1

Then of course there is the 1933 “precedent” of raiding US investor safe deposit boxes of their gold, established by one of Barky’s favorite presidents