# Y Z, G? Do you know why?
**URL:** https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632
**Category:** Ian Fleming
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632 "2023-08-18T13:55:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@BondFanEvents](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/BondFanEvents)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/1 "2023-08-18T13:55:25Z")
Why does Goldfinger choose a “Z” for his gold bars’ vanity mark? I’ve searched again today and found . . . Zip. Zilch.
Goldfinger did keep some of his gold in Zurich but also in other cities around the world. Anyone?
---
### Author:  [@Arbogast777](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Arbogast777)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/2 "2023-08-18T15:35:55Z")
What I’ve always wanted to know is, in the movie version, when Bond drops the large gold bar on the putting green - where exactly did he pull that bar from?
It’s not a big deal but that shot always looked so awkward…
---
### Author:  [@BondFanEvents](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/BondFanEvents)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/3 "2023-08-18T15:49:46Z")
His large golf bag.
---
### Author:  [@Arbogast777](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Arbogast777)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/4 "2023-08-18T17:55:05Z")
> [@BondFanEvents](#):
>
> His large golf bag
What I mean is if you look at the scene he is standing on the green (far from his large golf bag) with no gold bar then it just drops to the ground.
The only possible place he could have produced it from is his pants pocket, but if you can fit a gold bar that size and weight in the pocket of _your_ golf pants you have much different pants than I…
---
### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/5 "2023-08-18T18:04:17Z")
His hat? His trousers? A secret compartment in the green, designed by Q?
It just looks great.
---
### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/6 "2023-08-18T18:05:56Z")
But where does Bond keep the poison dart for his wrist thingee when he goes up to the space station?
---
### Author:  [@MrKiddWint](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/MrKiddWint)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/7 "2023-08-18T18:08:35Z")
In the glove compartment of his invisible car, naturally.
---
### Author:  [@BondFanEvents](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/BondFanEvents)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/8 "2023-08-18T18:53:05Z")
I was being humorous.
Was able to finally visit Stoke Po last month. That clubhouse is gigantic!
Now, back to the OP. Why Z, G?
---
### Author:  [@Arbogast777](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Arbogast777)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/9 "2023-08-18T21:41:22Z")
In alchemical symbolism, the Z is one of the symbols for gold, just like Au (Auric) is in the periodic table of elements.
---
### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/10 "2023-08-19T13:44:21Z")
Interesting article, by the way, on the use of gold in “Goldinger”:
> **[On Goldfinger and Gold: Pulp Fictions and Hard Facts - CoinsWeekly](https://coinsweekly.com/on-goldfinger-and-gold-pulp-fictions-and-hard-facts/)**
>
> Super-agent James Bond seems to know everything about diamonds, champagne, and gold. But at least as for gold, the Bond movies mix facts, fictions, and urban myths. After reading Simon Bytheway’s article you will watch “Goldfinger” with different...
---
### Author:  [@BondFanEvents](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/BondFanEvents)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/11 "2023-08-19T17:25:51Z")
Well done! Had another look, gold was often a round symbol in alchemy (brightness of the sun) but was indeed variants of Z in other texts. THANKS!
---
### Author:  [@BondFanEvents](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/BondFanEvents)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/y-z-g-do-you-know-why/2632/12 "2023-08-19T17:27:32Z")
Nice article, though I’ve seen more in-depth on the Nazi bar from the book.