there’s only so much gold per vault, only so much time for this to have happened in
There’s enough gold per value to make a successful thief the richest wizard in the world. And there have been big gold vaults for many centuries, with royal treasuries preceding them. And yet there hasn’t been even one case in Muggle history of all the gold disappearing from a vault without explanation.
would we even still use vaults if “police baffled by fort knox raid” showed up on the news every so often
A thief could still succeed once. That we still use vaults indicates a thief has never succeeded. There’s still something to explain.
There’s enough gold per value to make a successful thief the richest wizard in the world. And there have been big gold vaults for many centuries, with royal treasuries preceding them. And yet there hasn’t been even one case in Muggle history of all the gold disappearing from a vault without explanation.
Funnily enough, it occurred to me that I have no idea if any such cases have occurred. I still don’t, because all the top Google hits seem to be conspiracy theories or something about how various gold reserves are totally empty. (Maybe a coverup would actually be possible with magic? Hmm … Fort Knox hasn’t been audited in 60 years, supposedly, so who knows?)
But honestly, who cares if you’re the “richest wizard in the world” if you’re in jail and your “wealth” is an unspendable stolen asset (remember, raw gold needs to be converted into coins)?
A thief could still succeed once.
Yeah, I just meant that muggles wouldn’t actually lose all the gold. It’s a moot point, since clearly this hasn’t happened either way.
There’s enough gold per value to make a successful thief the richest wizard in the world. And there have been big gold vaults for many centuries, with royal treasuries preceding them. And yet there hasn’t been even one case in Muggle history of all the gold disappearing from a vault without explanation.
A thief could still succeed once. That we still use vaults indicates a thief has never succeeded. There’s still something to explain.
Funnily enough, it occurred to me that I have no idea if any such cases have occurred. I still don’t, because all the top Google hits seem to be conspiracy theories or something about how various gold reserves are totally empty. (Maybe a coverup would actually be possible with magic? Hmm … Fort Knox hasn’t been audited in 60 years, supposedly, so who knows?)
But honestly, who cares if you’re the “richest wizard in the world” if you’re in jail and your “wealth” is an unspendable stolen asset (remember, raw gold needs to be converted into coins)?
Yeah, I just meant that muggles wouldn’t actually lose all the gold. It’s a moot point, since clearly this hasn’t happened either way.