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  2. Gold reserves of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The gold reserve of the United Kingdom is the amount of gold kept by Bank of England as a store of value of part of the United Kingdom's wealth. Leftover from the Gold Standard which the country abandoned in 1931, it is the 17th largest central bank reserve in the world with 310.29 tonnes of gold bars .

  3. 1999–2002 sale of United Kingdom gold reserves - Wikipedia

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    The UK government's intention to sell gold and reinvest the proceeds in foreign currency deposits, including euros, was announced on 7 May 1999, when the price of gold stood at US$282.40 per ounce [9] (cf. the price in 1980: $850/oz [10]) The official stated reason for this sale was to diversify the assets of the UK's reserves away from gold, which was deemed to be too volatile.

  4. Gold holdings - Wikipedia

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    The World Gold Council estimates that all the gold ever mined, and that is accounted for, totals 187,200 tonnes, as of 2017 [3] but other independent estimates vary by as much as 20%. [4] At a price of US$1,250 per troy ounce , marked on 16 August 2017, one tonne of gold has a value of approximately US$40.2 million.

  5. Top 10 Countries with Largest Gold Reserves

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    Central banks have been net buyers of gold for 11 consecutive years. According to World Gold Council (WGC) data, central banks around the world bought 272.9 tonnes of bullion in 2020. Purchases ...

  6. Gold reserve - Wikipedia

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    Official U.S. gold reserve since 1900 Changes in Central Bank Gold Reserves by Country 1993–2014 Central 2005 and 2014. A gold reserve is the gold held by a national central bank, intended mainly as a guarantee to redeem promises to pay depositors, note holders (e.g. paper money), or trading peers, during the eras of the gold standard, and also as a store of value, or to support the value of ...

  7. High gold price leads people to 'cash in' jewellery

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    Peter Middleton, Director of Gold Reserves Ltd, said "people are definitely aware of the gold price". His business, based in Llanelli, Swansea and Cardiff, has seen a 30 percent increase in people ...

  8. Gold repatriation - Wikipedia

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    The central bank of the Netherlands reduced its proportion of gold held by the New York Federal Reserve from 51% to 31%, and Austria and Belgium reviewed the possibility of taking similar measures. [1] World Gold Reserves from 1845 to 2013, in tonnes. Changes in central bank gold reserves by country 1993-2014. Switzerland sold three times more ...

  9. Template:Gold reserves by country - Wikipedia

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    This template is used for the Gold reserves of xxx articles. Keep this template limited to countries and the wider region. If it is a subregion, then put the larger region in the see also section of that article instead (e.g. Gold reserves of California