RE:RE:Dutch Central Bank's Stunning Acknowledgement....https://nomadcapitalist.com/2014/02/25/german-gold-fiasco-fed-doesnt-want-you-to-know/
Germany had a very hard time getting it's gold back from the NY Fed..... what do you think is going to happen when things get in a real crunch....and that's just one example. Do some research, there's more to the story including banks loaning out gold that belongs to other countries, perhaps multiple times on the same gold portion- hypothecation, etc.
Dire straits, what do you think is happening as we speak? Central Banks are papering the world to keep the ponzi scheme going. The whole financial system could blow up at any time in the near future. That's not paranoia, that's the reality of where the world financial system is. That's why so many buy physical gold and silver and miner shares.