What's Really in Fort Knox? The Audit That Could Change Everything
AUDIT FORT KNOX
We all know that Fort Knox is supposed to hold the United States gold reserves that helps to stabilize the US dollar and our economy. But, considering the waste, fraud and abuse that President Trump’s DOGE Commission has discovered, we have a right to be suspicious about the very existence of the bullion.
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Fort Knox is actually the name of the Kentucky military base that surrounds the famous structure with which we are all familiar. The official name for the building itself is The United States Bullion Depository. The reinforced concrete, steel and granite edifice was built in 1936 and designed by Louis A. Simon in the Art Deco style of architecture and Neal A. Melick was the engineer for the project.
The depository was built during Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency and it is operated by the United States Department of the Treasury which owns the property on which the vault stands. Fort Knox measured 105 feet by 121 feet and rises 42 feet above the ground. It includes four guard boxes at each corner and sentry boxes at the entrance. The property is surrounded with razor wire and the grounds are monitored by night vison cameras and microphones.
At the time, most of the country’s gold reserves were held in Philadelphia and New York City. It was decided that those two locations were too vulnerable to foreign naval attacks from the sea and that the bullion should be moved inland. As a result, Kentucky was selected because, not only was it inland, but it was separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Appalachian Mountains. It was also isolated from busy roads and railways.
In 1937…
the first heavily guarded shipment of gold bars was delivered by armored trucks and trains from the Philadelphia Mint by the United States Postal Department and the 1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment.
The next delivery was from the vault at the New York City Assay Office and this shipment was completed in 1941. The gold from the San Francisco Mint and the Denver Mint were also transferred to the depository.
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Fort Knox does not admit unauthorized visitors onto the grounds. In fact, there have only been three authorized visits during its history. The first was President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943. The second official visit took place in 1974 and included members of Congress and the news media. This tour took place to negate conspiracy theories spread by a prominent lawyer who stated the vault was emptied by “elites”. The last visit took place in 2017 when Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell lead a tour of the facility for a small group of officials including Steven Mnuchin who was the Secretary of Treasury at the time.
Fort Knox holds gold reserves for other countries as well, with Germany at the top of the list. But the United States still has the most gold in the vault. As of 2020, the vault held 4,583 metric tons of U.S. gold. This represented 56% of United States gold reserves. Today, the tonnage has reached 5000.
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President Trump and Elon Musk have both said that its time for another visit to Fort Knox, and more importantly, it’s time for another audit of the country’s gold reserves to confirm its all there.
Chris’ new coin, Audit Fort Knox, reflects both of those men’s concerns and requests. Chris’ Silver Shield coin documents this historic event and immortalizes the ongoing struggle of good men to prevail over evil men through their never-ending vigilance.
