The Bank Of England Vault
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.
The bank of england vault. Both of these are on display. Our gold vaults hold around 400000 bars of gold worth over 100 billion. 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. Britains queen elizabeth tours a gold vault during a visit to the bank of england in the city of london december 13 2012.
Bank of england charges for its gold storage 35 pence per bar per night. We only own two gold bars. The bank of englands gold vaults hold 194bn worth of gold bars. If you stacked them all on top of each other they would be the same height as 46 eiffel towers.
The bank claims to store over 400000 good delivery bars in its vaults. Panoramic tour on the app shows stacks of shining gold bars each weighing around 13kg and valued. Queen elizabeth ii tours the gold vault during her visit to the bank of england in central london. You can however hold a real gold bar in the bank of england museum.
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Bank of england virtual tour the value of gold bar at the start of august 2016 was around 411770. Reuterseddie mulholland take the virtual tour here. Who owns the gold at the bank of england. The bank of england gold vaults are located on 2 underground levels beneath the banks headquarters in the city of london.
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. The gold bars in these vaults support the london gold clearing system and provide the gold supply for the london gold.