# Golden Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 5, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-question/146748 "2003-01-05T07:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TERRA\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TERRA\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TERRA_Rising)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-question/146748/1 "2003-01-05T07:19:20Z")
How much does a bar of gold weigh? Apparently, It’s not a question good enough for Cecil and the Gang as they suggested that I should contact this message board. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-question/146748/2 "2003-01-05T07:23:54Z")
How much does a rock weigh? Smart-assedness aside, the brick-sized “standard mint bars” at [Fort Knox](http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/fort-knox.html) weigh about 27 and 1/2 pounds each. ---
**Author:** ![TERRA\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TERRA\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TERRA_Rising)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-question/146748/3 "2003-01-05T07:26:48Z")
Thank You. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-question/146748/4 "2003-01-05T07:38:36Z")
You’re welcome. Gold also comes in the more convenient [1 ounce size](http://goldinfo.net/suisse.html). [This page](http://www.taxfreegold.co.uk/goldbarsinfo.html) lists a number of commonly traded weights, from the aforementioned 27.5 pound (12.5 kilogram) bricks on down to little-bitty quarter-ounce…um…“slips” I guess you could call them. Or does “slips” only apply to [latinum](http://www.startrekexp.com/store/ds9_slip_of_lat.html)? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-question/146748/5 "2003-01-05T07:42:18Z")
Geez…they have 1 gram gold bars? They’re only [15 millimeters](http://www.taxfreegold.co.uk/goldbardimensions.html) long…it’s a little baby bar! ---
**Author:** ![WillGolfForFood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@WillGolfForFood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillGolfForFood)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-question/146748/6 "2003-01-05T17:24:30Z")
…but, when individually wrapped, are suitable as halloween treats.