How many gold bars is that?
The bar in every heist film is a London Good Delivery bar: about 400 troy ounces, 12.4 kg, and far heavier than it looks.
8.04 × Good Delivery bar
100 kg ÷ 12.4 kg = 8.038 bars.
Reference figures are measurements and are rounded; the unit conversion behind them is exact.
| Reference | Size | Yours ÷ theirs | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| one troy ounce coin | 0.0311 kg | 3,215× | |
| ten tola bar | 0.117 kg | 858× | The common bar across South Asia |
| kilobar | 1 kg | 100× | |
| Good Delivery bar | 12.4 kg | 8.04× | 400 troy ounces, the vault standard |
Worth knowing
- Gold is 19.3 times denser than water. A Good Delivery bar is about the size of a paperback and weighs as much as a small child.
- The US bullion depository at Fort Knox holds about 4 580 tonnes — roughly 368 000 Good Delivery bars.
Frequently asked
How much does a gold bar weigh?
The standard vault bar is 400 troy ounces, 12.441 kg. Retail bars are usually one kilogram, ten tolas, or a single troy ounce.
Could you carry a gold bar?
One, easily — it is 12.4 kg. Films get this wrong by having people run with armfuls: ten bars is 124 kg, more than most people can lift at all.