There are 4 billion ounces of gold in people's hands, enough to fill a cube 60 feet on a side.

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If there were such a thing as a cubic acre, three of them would form a cube 300 feet on a side.

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Would you rather have a shiny cube of metal, 67 feet on a side or trillions of dollars of assets that actually produce wealth?

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Buffett chose in his letter to create the visual image of congealing all the gold ever mined in the history of the world into one huge cube that would measue 68 feet on each side.

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And just for fun, we brought you the world's largest Rubik's Cube mosaic -- which stands over 13 feet high by 200 feet wide and is made from 85, 794 cubes.

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