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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 396243, member: 6229"]Sorry for the spelling error. Should be Follow-up. Over the years more than just Gold Bars found their way into the impregnable Fortress for safekeeping. It may interest you to know: From 1941 through 1945 the original U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were placed inside for safekeeping. The Hungarian government placed the Crown of Saint Stephen (along with all the other Hungarian Crown Jewels) into the hands of American soldiers to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union. The entire collection of crown jewels was forwarded to Fort Knox for safekeeping until WWII ended. One of the four known copies of the Magna Carta had been on loan for display at the 1939 New York World Fair when World War II broke out in Europe. The U.S. placed the precious document in Fort Knox for the duration of the War. In 2000 those 5,000 22 karat gold Sacagawea Dollars struck at West Point in 1999 were stored at Fort Knox until their presentation to Glenna Goodacre (designer of the obverse). The only legal to own 1933 Gold Double Eagle was transferred from the 7 World Trade Center Building in Lower Manhattan, New York in July 2001 and remained at Fort Knox until its sale in July 2002 at Sotheby's/Stack's Auction for $7,590,020.00. Later in 2004 those other (10) 1933 Gold Eagles confiscated by the Feds were transported to Fort Knox and remain there to this day awaiting the outcome of a lawsuit. Hope you enjoyed this trivia, Clinker[/QUOTE]

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