Talk:United States Bullion Depository

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I vaguely recall that many years ago, a group of little old ladies, possibly from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was permitted annually to enter the vault under supervision to "check" on the gold. This went on for a number of years, but sometime during WWII, the practice was ended, and never begun again. Anybody able to corroborate? <smiley>

By act of Parliament the British Crown Jewels cannot leave British soil, so they can never have been held at Fort Knox. They were instead buried at a secret location.

[edit] What I did expect to find here

Some information about how the Gold in the Fort Knox Bullion Depository is connected to the U.S. currency (or rather some link to another article with this information).

I think that in former times the value of the gold was supposed to be equal to the US$ in circulation. This was changed at some time, as far as I vaguely recall.

In otehr words, I believe that the article should not only explain what is stored at Fort Knox, and how it'äs stored, but also why it's stored there (and how this changed over the years). The current article text deals (IMHO) more with the "mechanical" aspects of "Fort Knox", while the economical/finacial meaning of the Fort Knox Bullion Depository seems to be lacking. --Klaws 12:50, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Still

Bill Still claims in his documentary film The Moneymasters that the gold in Fort Knox was shipped to Europe. He cites as part of his evidence the fact that a full audit of the gold has not been performed for many years. Maybe someone else could coroborate or refute this.

Note from reader: After recently watching this documentary, what I took from it is that no thorough audit of the gold reserve had been performed, but that the gold was not necessarily shipped to Europe. The suggestion that the gold is actually still guarded by the American taxpayer, but owned by foreign interests is a possibility.

[edit] What transfer?

The transfer needed 500 rail cars and was sent by registered mail, protected by the Postal Inspection Service.

This paragraph, due (most likely) to an edit, is now badly lacking context. Transfer of the gold initially? Transfer of the Magna Carta? What? It needs citation in any case. Any guesses? drseudo (t) 05:16, 2 April 2006 (UTC)