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Or they noticed the weight of it was unusually high for what it was supposed to be
by conductr 3y ago
Or they noticed the weight of it was unusually high for what it was supposed to be
- petre 3y agoAlso the amateurish paint job.
- bombcar 3y agoI wonder if gold will alloy with something that would reduce it down to "normal density".
- flyinghamster 3y agoWhen Nazi Germany occupied Denmark during World War II, Niels Bohr and George de Hevesy dissolved Max von Laue's and James Franck's Nobel Prize medals (entrusted to Bohr for safekeeping) in aqua regia. After the war, Hevesy found the flask of dissolved gold undisturbed, and precipitated the gold for the medals to be recast. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/news/invisible-prize https://www.aip.org/history-programs/news/invisible-prize
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoSure, but would it still be enough to make converting, transporting, and converting it back to purer gold economically viable? I mean by that logic you could also have a couple of mules wear expensive jewelry or watches or the like; if it's convincing enough that someone wears a $500K watch as personal effect then they wouldn't be flagged for inspection. In theory anyway, I don't know how these things work in reality. I wonder if someone's financial status is pulled up at passport control. I don't believe it's uncommon for rich people to travel coach though.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoCan you tell the difference between a $500K watch and a $50 knockoff? You don't need to be rich to wear an imitation watch.
- bombcar 3y agoThe problem is a $500k watch is only like $20k in gold, even if it were solid gold. You'd have to wear a lot of watches.