By Jeff Thomas
International Man
January 14, 2026
Recently, a reader of International Man responded to an IM article regarding the danger of trusting banks (or anyone, for that matter) to hold gold in their names. He said, "How would a bank sell gold to a client and the client not take delivery ? This seems strange to me."
For those of us who have held gold for decades and have therefore had the advantage of watching the gold market develop with a seemingly endless number of permutations of ownership, the answer might seem obvious.