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Originally Posted by CDAT

Except for the NY Fed they do not store gold/silver, the NY Fed stores the gold and silver for other countries.

Fort Knox!

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Hmmm. Anyone know where the Soviet government held their gold reserves?

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Now, there's a reason to head a campaign east rather than west from Poland!

Originally Posted by CDAT

I would expect that most of it would be gone by this time, as if the world situation is heating up, I do not think that you are going to leave your money in some place that you might be shooting at them soon.

No, but you may be caught unawares. While the pickings in (Communist) Poland and East Germany will not have personal supplies of gold or silver, American or Western European banks very well amy.

I know that in the United States, many banks have safe deposit boxes. The small, local branch banks I have used most of my life have them. The yield in a given box may not be high or interesting , but if you have sufficient tools and time, you can collect an amount of jewelry, diamonds, or perhaps silver or gold (antique) coins. Certainly a higher concentration of such than simply hitting up houses. Of course, I'd advise such a course of action only in deserted places.

Larger banks in cities would likely have a better haul, simply from the concentration of customers.

And yes, places that did not go to hell suddenly likely had people remove their valuables.

The problem, of course, is that it is quite likely that someone has been there first, probably while your PCs were still off soldiering.

An interesting (if dangerous) possibility is (large city) banks in places that were near nuke strikes. Dutch cities around Rotterdam come to mind, though if you use the V2 set of nuke strikes, you had best stick to the cities near the fringe of the region, or you are likely to fry before completing the heist...

And yes, all of this depends on the region where you campaign is. If food is a genuine issue, gold and silver are of secondary value. If life has gone back to the point where people believe there will be a morning after, then gold and silver may have value, probably not to the immediate population, but a means of exchange with other folk more portable than say a ton of wheat....

Uncle Ted

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