[SkyDancer]

I remember reading books and seeing prints/paintings of the BOM gold plates and the book was the size of a car battery ... that much gold would weigh in the area of 800 pounds (a regular brick is 6"x3"x2" and has 36 cubic inches of volume) and would weigh in around 400 Troy ounces... that is 27.4 pounds.

The story went that JSjr picked this thing up and ran hill and dale jumping over logs and stuff with this gold book slung over his shoulder .....

Yup

[Colofornian]

I remember reading books and seeing prints/paintings of the BOM gold plates and the book was the size of a car battery ... that much gold would weigh in the area of 800 pounds (a regular brick is 6"x3"x2" and has 36 cubic inches of volume) and would weigh in around 400 Troy ounces... that is 27.4 pounds. The story went that JSjr picked this thing up and ran hill and dale jumping over logs and stuff with this gold book slung over his shoulder ...

And not just run, but at TOP SPEED per the History of the Church account: Joseph turned around and knocked him down, then ran at the top of his speed...

...And continued RUNNING for three miles hefting these solid gold plates around...

[Nervous Tick]

What if it wasn’t physical gold at all, but rather, share certificates of a gold Exchange Traded Fund?

I’ve read over and over, right here on Free Republic, that gold is easier to hold that way. And presumably easier to tuck under your arm and run with, too. Even a whole book of ‘em wouldn’t weigh that much.

Besides, you could write the gibberish on the back of the ETF certs in ordinary pen-and-ink. No engraving necessary.