Did we really fly 650 plane loads of gold from the Vatican basement to fort knox?
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Unlikely.
Wishful thinking, apocryphal tale, movie script, projected fantasy, disinformation.
We have plenty of space here at the Lab to store it all securely, though.
The standard [Good Delivery] gold bar held as reserves by central banks and traded among bullion dealers weighs 12.4 kg = 400 troy oz. = 438.9 oz. = 27.43 lbs.
Gold is 1.7x denser than lead.