Quote Originally Posted by Arcade Al View Post
Also, should they grab as many bundles of notes as they can carry, or as many gold bars? Obviously that does rely on us knowing or being able to estimate a few things. Such as the price of gold at the time, the denomination of the notes, etc...
In 1968 I believe the US was still on the gold standard at $32 per ounce. Assuming 20-pound bars that would be $10,240 per bar. If the bundles are 200 notes (just a guess) of $50 each that's essentially the break-even point. Bonus if they are $100 notes, plus each bundle weighs a whole lot less than the bars and are more easily spent (unless the serial numbers are recorded which could complicate things).

Right now the spot price of gold is $1,260 per ounce so a 20-pound bar would be $403,200. A bundle of $100 notes would still be $20,000 which tips things in favor of the gold assuming you can manage the weight and "spend" the bars successfully.