how much gold is there in fort knox
United States Bullion Depository As of NovemberÂ 2017[update], Fort Knox holdings are 4,582 metric tons (147.3 million oz. troy), with a market value of over $100 billion.[13] In contrast, the GDP of the United States was $19.4 trillion as of April 2017.[14]
Thirty pieces of silver The word used in Matthew 26:15 (ἀργύρια, argyria) simply means "silver coins,"[9] and scholars disagree on the type of coins that would have been used. Donald Wiseman suggests two possibilities. They could have been tetradrachms of Tyre, usually referred to as Tyrian shekels (14 grams of 94% silver), or staters from Antioch (15 grams of 75% silver), which bore the head of Augustus.[10] Alternatively, they could have been Ptolemaic tetradrachms (13.5 ± 1 g of 25% silver).[11] There are 31.1035 grams per troy ounce. At spot valuation of $17.06/oz (the closing price on Monday, December 12, 2016), 30 "pieces of silver" would be worth between $185 and $216 in present-day value (USD).