from finding the holy grail
to a scrap of paper
in a dead's man pocket
here are ten famous uncracked codes
you can be the one to solve
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number 10
Chinese Gold Bar Cipher
In 1933
General Wang in Shanghai,China,allegedly received seven gold bars
These gold bars
appeared to represent
medal certificates
related to a bank deposit with the U.S bank
the gold bars themselves have pictures
Chinese writings
some form of scrip writing
and cryptograms in latin letters
not surprisingly experts debate
concerning the validity of the claim of the deposit.
it may help to solve the dispute if someone can decipher the cryptogram on the bars
someone translated the Chinese writing
which discusses a transaction in excess of