Bank of England's glittering stash

Cash-strapped British people will breathe a sigh of relief when they see these impressive treasure troves.

Despite the financial crisis, it seems the country still has some money left in the Bank of England's vault beneath London.

In fact, there are stacks of gold bars worth a whopping £156billion stored in an old canteen deep below the streets of the capital.

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Pretty cool pictures, I just posted one there's more if you click the link. Very interesting room with some very old war posters on the wall. I don't know what I would do if I was in that room surrounded by all that gold.

Is bugger all gold....for a nation of our size.

4400 tons....68 million people..thats why we use fiat currency

I'm impressed that those racks can support that much weight. It looks like wood slats.