[ It’s why when Germany asked for a portion of their gold back recently, they were told it would take SEVEN YEARS to deliver a mere 10% of their holdings here. And it’s why the delivery isn’t even on schedule. ]
They probably need that long to buy up what they can from private citizens and create new gold bars. /perhaps adjusting my tinfoil hat
I suppose it would be redundant to note at this point that the little gold that was returned to Germany didn’t meet the “good delivery” standard.