Bank Of England Gold Vault Security
The bank claims to store over 400000 good delivery bars in its vaults.
Bank of england gold vault security. Bank of england charges for its gold storage 35 pence per bar per night. The gold bars in these vaults support the london gold clearing system and provide the gold supply for the london gold. Indeed less than a decade ago the noble metal was trading at a mere 275 an ounce. Several thousand 28lb bars of 24 carat gold stored in the bank of englands massive underground vault.
The vaults under the bank of england on threadneedle street are said to hold 5134 tonnes of gold. These data show the weight of gold we have in our custody on the last business day of each month. We publish the data with a minimum three month lag. We publish the data with a minimum three month lag.
The bank of englands gold vaults hold 194bn worth of gold bars. Heres a glimpse inside. A fifth of the worlds gold is hidden under london worth an estimated 172 billion 248 billion. Bank of england vaults.
They hardly ever let anyone in. The bank of england gold vaults are located on 2 underground levels beneath the banks headquarters in the city of london. Our secret gold mine hidden under londons streets its meant to be one of the most secret vaults in britain but yesterday the bank of england broke its own cast iron rule.