Why am I reminded more and more of the episodes of the Beverly Hillbillies when Jed or Granny gets the idea to take all their money back from the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills, much to the panic of Mr. Drysdale?
Yes, Herr Thiele, your gold is perfectly safe. There's no reason to take it back to Germany or even to look at it. It's just as heavy and shiny as ever.
nly once the gold had arrived in Europe was it melted down and brought to the current bar standard. Some of the bars in our stocks in New York were produced before the Second World War.
OK, some of the gold bars do have swastikas stamped on them, but those can be melted right out of them. We call it Operation Golden Paperclip.