The Bank Of England Vault

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The bank of england vault. Chemistry professor martyn poliakoff and video journalist brady haran get a very rare peek into a bank of england vault where 197billion in gold bars is stored. The bank of englands gold vaults hold 194bn worth of gold bars. In the past you could exchange banknotes for the equivalent value in gold at the bank of england but this has not been possible since the early 1930s. Reuterseddie mulholland take the virtual tour here.

The gold bars in these vaults support the london gold clearing system and provide the gold supply for the london gold. Visit the bank of england museum. Bank of england virtual tour the value of gold bar at the start of august 2016 was around 411770. Both of these are on display.

Can i buy gold from the bank of england. Who owns the gold at the bank of england. If you stacked them all on top of each other they would be the same height as 46 eiffel towers. Virtual tour app takes you inside the famous building and its gold vault with 3600 panoramic views new app gives the public a virtual tour of the uk central banks.

That makes the bank of england the second largest keeper of gold in the world the new york federal reserve tops the list. The bank of england gold vaults are located on 2 underground levels beneath the banks headquarters in the city of london. The bank claims to store over 400000 good delivery bars in its vaults. Bank of england charges for its gold storage 35 pence per bar per night.

We only own two gold bars. Bank of england welcomes you into its vaults via an app this article is more than 6 years old. The vaults under the bank of england on threadneedle street are said to hold 5134 tonnes of gold. Break into the bank of england.

Our gold vaults hold around 400000 bars of gold worth over 100 billion. You can however hold a real gold bar in the bank of england museum.