Whatever Happened to the Golden Plates?

This is the August 2023 updated version. Nearly 25% of today's Book of Mormon came from plates that were not in Moroni's stone box. How did Joseph get this second set of plates? Where did it come from? And whatever happened to the golden plates when Joseph finished translating them? The answers may surprise you, but you've read them all along. This faith-affirming explanation of LDS Church history answers questions many people have had their entire lives.