Per Bloomberg, the vaults of an Italian bank contain 17,000 tons of parmesan cheese, held as collateral for loans to cheesemakers. "So precious is the cheese that each 80-pound wheel, worth about 300 euros, is branded with a serial number so it can be traced if it is stolen."
But "[t]hieves tunneled into one warehouse in February and made off with 570 pieces . . . . 'Thank heavens we caught the robbers before they grated it,'" said the vault manager.
Or ate the serial numbers. More at the link.
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