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Central bank gold reserves : an historical perspective since 1845

This paper examines the evolution of central bank gold reserves in the wake of the great gold rushes of the mid-nineteenth century, when for the first time gold really became a widely circulating monetary metal in the pockets of millions of people in many countries, as well as being held increasingly by central banks and treasuries

Print Book, English, 1999
World Gold Council, London, 1999