Gold

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• 6/28/2020
  

  Big Alex McKenzie and the Last Great Fraud of the Gilded Age

  by Paul Starobin

  Alexander McKenzie’s plot to corner Alaska’s gold proved to be the last great swindle of the original gilded age, as this seamy chapter in our national life gave way to what become known as the Progressive Era.

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• SOURCE: NBC affiliate Miami
  5/24/18
  

  Finally Found: Spanish Ship That Sank With $17B in Gold

  The ship sank to the bottom of the Caribbean off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago and was found with the help of an underwater autonomous vehicle.

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  Why the Nazis Were Desperate for Gold

  by George M. Taber

  It was the greatest robbery in world history. During World War II, the German Nazi government robbed more than 600 tons of European gold.