Level | Item |
Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | C43/165 |
Extent | 1 file |
Title | GOLD AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE OFFICE FILE RELATING TO GOLD: GOLD RECEIVED BY BANK AS GIFTS TO THE NATION |
Date | 1939 - 1968 |
Description | Gold (coins, jewellery etc) received by Bank - mainly during wartime - as gifts to the nation. Arrangements made with Johnson Matthey to realise the gold content of jewellery; value of all gifts credited to HM Paymaster General account in Drawing Office. |
Original Reference | FE13_15 |
Keyword | Second World War; World War Two; WWII |