[WildHighlander57]

And there’s a gold & silver depository in Texas:

https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/2021/aug/bullion.php

And gold & silver is legal tender there:

https://www.mintstategold.com/investor-education/cat/news/post/states-where-gold-and-silver-have-become-legal-tender/

[Publius]

The Republic of Texas sent its gold to various federal depositories upon annexation. It was finally repatriated to Texas at the time of the creation of the depository.

There was suspicion, probably justified, that Texas' sovereign gold was being used by the New Yok Fed to control the gold price.