Safety Deposit Boxes Contents Destroyed

I'm off to check my deposit box tomorrow

Something is wrong with this story. I have several safe depossit boxes in several different banks, just in case.
However, some time back one bank decided to move to a different location. Not far away so they gave people a choice to keep their boxes or get their deposit back. I kept mine. I was told to remove all contents, bring to the new location, and be given a new box their. One year free for my trouble too. From what I was told, after all boxes were vacated, bank guards and officers went in to see that all were empty. And that were still there had the locks drilled out, the boxes put in a vault in the new bank until someone claimed them.


Maybe unfortuate but so called lease of boxes or rentals are different all over. By me the only thing I had to sign for several of them was to agree to pay for a lost key. Nothing was on the paper as to contents, liabilities, etc. And when I had my Son and his wife added to the box, again the only thing they had to sign was a similar document. It appears that by me the only concern is who pays for lost keys.
I wonder what the final outcome of all this will be. How can anyone prove what was in their boxes?

"you don't need to worry about insuring the contents. that's why it is in the bank vault"
Royal Bank of Canada.

Edit, I am quoting the person at my bank branch.

The loss has happened due to gross negligence on the banks part. Surely they will work something out or they may find their boxes are quickly vacated at all their branches.

....and you can look at your collection anytime you like !

I hide all my rare coins in my mattress. A bit lumpy, but I know they're safe.

Yet one more reason not to trust banks.