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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 941620, member: 19065&quot;]In 2007 the<a href="http://www.amnh.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amnh.org" rel="nofollow"> American Museum of Natural History</a> in NYC had an exhibition called <a href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/" rel="nofollow">GOLD</a>. There, I saw many forms of the metal including the 66+ lbs. 1857 Eureka bar which was recovered from the wreck of the SS Central America. It is pictured in the <a href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/lost/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/lost/" rel="nofollow">lost</a> section of the GOLD web site. The exhibition also had on display a large case of at least 24 gold bars, each weighing about 27 lbs., which were there on loan from various banks and countries. The case is pictured in the <a href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/standard/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/standard/" rel="nofollow">gold standard</a> section of that site.&nbsp; (Note: Also pictured on the GOLD exhibition web site is an image showing a view inside of a vault at the NY Federal Reserve bank in lower Manhattan, that gold was <u>not</u> on display in the exhibition.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver: In person, I was fortunate to glimpse 100 oz. bars together in one place totaling more than 1000 oz. I don&#039;t know how much was before me, but there were more than 10 of these 100 oz. bars being temporarily stored in a large safe. This was nearly 25 years ago and they belonged to a retail coin and jewelry shop owner at the time. That was very cool to see![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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