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by troyvit 21 days ago
> Obvious plant

$40 million in gold bars is about a thousand pounds of gold. That would be hard to plant.

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Not that it matters, but I think it's closer to 600 lbs.

$40M /( $4.5k / oz) and then (1 lbs / 16 oz)

For precious metals, the units of measure are a bit different: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight
You see, this is what I get for relying on AI. Kagi did catch that it was in Troy (hey that's me!) ounces, but I didn't check its numbers.