Department of Defense. (1945-1947). Bar List Ledgers: Shipment No. 1 (Containers 4-5). Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II, 1923 - 1972, Records Relating to Shipments of Gold and Silver, 1945 - 1947. National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD, USA.

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pid: goldbarledger
label: Department of Defense. (1945-1947). Bar List Ledgers: Shipment No. 1 (Containers 4-5). Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II, 1923 - 1972, Records Relating to Shipments of Gold and Silver, 1945 - 1947. National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD, USA.
Timestamp: 10/25/2021 13:18:19
URL for full object: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169241498; https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=ledger&f.parentNaId=4872596&f.level=fileUnit&sort=naIdSort%20asc
Citation for full object: Department of Defense. (1945-1947). Bar List Ledgers: Shipment No. 1 (Containers 4-5). Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II, 1923 - 1972, Records Relating to Shipments of Gold and Silver, 1945 - 1947. National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD, USA.
Filename in shared drive folder: GoldBarLedger
General description of the complete original artifact: Ledger worksheets of gold bar shipments received by the Foreign Exchange Depository and added to their inventory. This ledger was used to note the qualities of the gold bars shipped to the Depository. The worksheet contains the date the gold bar was received by the Reichsbank, the melter, the assayer, the bar numbers assigned by the US, British Empire, the Reichsbank, and other states, the gross weight in kilos and ounces (converted and actual), and fineness (raw, in ounces, and in kilos). The top also notes which pile these bars are for, the shipment number, and the container number.
Estimated number of records in data set: 6300
Estimated number of fields if this were a database: 20
Estimated time to digitize all records in set (hours): 115
Time period when data was created: 1945-1947
Organization creating data: US Department of Defense, Office of Military Government for Germany - Foreign Exchange Depository
Individual who created data (if known or guessable).: Unknown; possible individuals - treasurer, currency counter?
Shortcomings of this taxonomy for data set (if any): There are few that I can see based on my limited knowledge of this subject but ones that I noticed are: lack of dates on when this information was recorded, no specification on what "Others" includes in the bar number column,
Notes about the image you chose: The bars covered in this part of the ledger have no melter stamped or assayer recorded, while the records for gold bars in other containers usually have at least one, if not both of these fields filled out. Despite the presence of a fineness in kilos column, the column is not filled out while the fineness in ounces column is. This ledger was not a printed template form - though it is created on grid paper, the columns, rows, and headings are hand-drawn/handwritten.

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