Fort Knox
Silver & Gold Layered Bar
Dimension 43mm x 30mm x 3mm
Weights 1 oz
999/1000 Solid Gold & Silver Layered
The Front has the American Eagle Shield Logo with the words "Fort Knox",
"United States" , "In God we Trust" and "Kentcky Mint 2020"
The back has the eagle logo with the words
"Federal Reserve"
"United States of America"
"45th President of the United States"
It then has Donald Trump Signature and underneath his name "Donald John Trump"
The bottom of the ingot states
"1oz 999/1000 Solid Silver & Gold Layered"
It is gold layered with silver layered words
Comes in air-tight acrylic Case.
A Beautiful coin and Magnificent Keepsake Souvenir
In Excellent Condition
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The
United States Bullion Depository, often known as Fort Knox, is a
fortified vault building located adjacent to the United States Army post
of Fort Knox, Kentucky. The vault is used to store a large portion of
United States official gold reserves and occasionally other precious
items belonging or entrusted to the federal government. It is estimated
to hold roughly 2.3% of all the gold ever refined throughout human
history.[2]
History
Seal of the U.S. Mint
US Bullion Depository, Fort Knox, Kentucky, Gold Vault Rd. and Bullion Boulevard Fort Knox
In
1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6102,
which outlawed the private ownership of gold coins, gold bullion, and
gold certificates by U.S. citizens, forcing them to sell these to the
Federal Reserve. As a result, the value of the gold held by the Federal
Reserve increased from $4 billion to $12 billion between 1933 and
1937.[3] This left the federal government with a large gold reserve and
no place to store it. In 1936, the U.S. Treasury Department began
construction of the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox,
Kentucky, on land transferred from the military. The Gold Vault was
completed in December 1936 for US $560,000. The site is located on what
is now Bullion Boulevard at the intersection of Gold Vault Road. The
building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988,
in recognition of its significance in the economic history of the
United States and its status as a well-known landmark.[4] It is
constructed of granite quarried at the North Carolina Granite
Corporation Quarry Complex.[5]
The
first gold shipments were made from January to July 1937. The majority
of the United States' gold reserves were gradually shipped to the site,
including old bullion and newly made bars made from melted gold coins.
Some intact coins were stored. The transfer used a special nine car
train manned by machine gunners and transferred to U.S. Army trucks
protected by a U.S. Cavalry brigade.[6] In 1974, a Washington attorney
named Peter David Beter circulated a theory that the gold in the
Depository had been secretly removed by elites, and that the vaults were
empty. A group of reporters was allowed inside in order to refute the
theory, which had gained traction thanks to coverage in tabloid
newspapers and on the radio. Other than this 1974 event, no member of
the public has been allowed inside.[7]
During
World War II, the depository held the original U.S. Declaration of
Independence and U.S. Constitution. It held the reserves of European
countries and key documents from Western history. For example, it held
the Crown of St. Stephen, part of the Hungarian crown jewels, given to
U.S. soldiers to prevent them from falling into Soviet hands. The
repository held one of four copies (exemplifications) of Magna Carta,
which had been sent for display at the 1939 New York World's Fair, and
when war broke out, was kept in the U.S. for the duration.
During
World War II and into the Cold War, until the invention of different
types of synthetic painkillers, a supply of processed morphine and opium
was kept in the Depository as a hedge against the US being isolated
from the sources of raw opium.[8]
Construction and security
Below
the fortress-like structure lies the gold vault lined with granite
walls and protected by a blast-proof door weighing 20 tons. Members of
the Depository staff must dial separate combinations known only to
them.[9] Beyond the main vault door, smaller compartments provide
further protection.[10] According to a Mosler Safe Company brochure:
The
most famous, if not the largest, vault door order came from the Federal
government in 1935 for the newly constructed gold depository at Fort
Knox, Kentucky. Both the vault door and emergency door were 21-inches
thick and made of the latest torch- and drill-resistant material. The
main vault door weighed 20 tons and the vault casing was 25-inches
thick.[11]
The facility is ringed with fences and is guarded by the United States Mint Police.
There is an escape tunnel from the lower level of the vault to be used by someone who has been accidentally locked in.[7]
For
security reasons, no visitors are allowed inside the depository
grounds. This policy has been enforced ever since the vault opened, with
only two exceptions. The first was an inspection by members of the
United States Congress and the news media on September 23, 1974 led by
then Director of the United States Mint, Mary Brooks.[7] The second was a
similar inspection made by Kentucky Congressmen on August 21, 2017, led
by Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin.[12]
Gold
As
of September 2018, U.S. Government Gold Reserves are 8,965 metric tons
(261.5 million oz. troy), with a market value of over $310.5 billion (of
which 56.35% is held at Fort Knox).[13] In contrast, the GDP of the
United States was $19.4 trillion as of April 2017.[14]
Not
all the gold bars held in the depository are of exactly the same
composition. The mint gold bars are nearly pure gold. Bars made from
melted gold coins, called "coin bars", are the same composition as the
original coins, which is 90% gold. Unlike many .999 fine gold bullion
coins minted in modern times for holding today, the coin alloy for
pre-1933 US coins, which were intended for circulation, was a tougher
and wear-resistant .900 fine alloy (balance copper) used for all US gold
coins since 1837. (See crown gold for further gold coin alloy history.)
As
of 2014, the U.S. held more gold than any other country, with about 2.4
times that of the next leading country, Germany (which in 2014 owned
3,387.1 metric tons).[15]
In popular culture
Samsung Knox, an enterprise mobile security solution developed by Samsung Group is named after Fort Knox.[16]
The
Depository figures prominently as the focus of the villain's plot in
the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. Auric Goldfinger's goal is to break
into the Depository and plant an atomic device. When it explodes, the
entire U.S. gold supply will be irradiated for decades to come and the
worth of Goldfinger's own personal gold supply will skyrocket, making
Goldfinger richer.
The depository is also featured in the finale of the 1952 Bugs Bunny cartoon 14 Carrot Rabbit.
In
the television series Star Trek: Voyager, the fifth season episode
"Dark Frontier", the crew hatches a plan to steal a transwarp coil from
the Borg, referring to this as Operation Fort Knox. This episode
mentions that the depository had become a museum, due to a New World
Economy taking shape in the late 22nd century.
The depository was also featured in the television series Ben 10, in the episode "Ben 10 vs. the Negative 10: Part 1”.
The
depository was also featured in the 2014 animation Penguins of
Madagascar, with the protagonist penguins infiltrating it to find a
discontinued snack called "Cheezy Dibbles".
The
depository is featured twice in the film Battlefield Earth in 2000.
With the head Psychlo, played by John Travolta, standing in a cage among
all of the gold bars. The remaining humans, from the year aprox 3000,
learned about Fort Knox from the Library of Congress and used the gold
bars to pretend that they were actually mining gold, while secretly
planning a way to win back the planet against the Psychlo invasion.