Not mentioned is “gold leasing” where a large gold owner “leases” their supply to someone else for a set sum to be paid every month. I am not sure what happens in the event of default or if it all just an accounting maneuver.
“They did the same thing back in the early Seventies. Some congresscritters complained, they got to go in, and sure enough...”
They were only permitted, after much stalling by Knox,
to see one carefully vetted and opened vault. They did not ask to look at any other vaults, or have a random check of the entire place. The whole trip was simply a photo-shoot; which was what made me more suspicious than anything else...