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All the Gold, In the World, Get You Off
The amount of Gold in the World Trade Center in 1999 was the equivalent of $4,000,000,000,000.
4 trillion. A 4 followed by 12 zeros.
To find out how much Gold that is we need to know the Gold Price for 1999. The closing price for the year 1999 is $290.25 per troy ounce.
http://www.onlygold.com/Info/Historical-Gold-Prices.asp
But CNN has the price for May at $275 per Troy Ounce
https://money.cnn.com/1999/05/19/worldbiz/gold/
Now the math.
4,000,000,000,000 / 275 = 14,545,454,545.4545 Troy ounces of Gold
How much Gold was recovered after 9/11?
$200,000,000 in October 2001 Gold Prices.
https://billingsgazette.com/news/world/gold-recovered-from-wtc-site/image_d87162f6-fd82-52f4-8ec2-964bf5a468cc.html
Historical Charts for October 2001:
https://www.kitco.com/scripts/hist_charts/monthly_graphs.plx
200,000,000 / 282 (October Price) = 709,219.8581 Troy Ounces recovered.
Missing:
14,544,745,325.5964 Troy ounces of Gold Unaccounted for.
There are 31.10348 grams in a Troy Ounce
To convert to every day weights and measures
1,009,804,007.4548 Imperial Pounds
2240 pounds per tonne
450,805.3604 Tonnes of Gold
Today the price of Gold is $1292 per Troy ounce
The value of the Missing Gold today is:
$18,791,810,960,670.5
18.79 Trillion