U.S. Federal Reserve Bank

The United States Federal Reserve Bank in New York City is only a few blocks from the World Trade Center. It has a gold vault 100 feet beneath the street. That depository is the largest in the world – even larger than the legendary Fort Knox gold reserves in the mid-1980s. The gold is owned by foreign nations, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Its value is estimated at $25 billion. [1]

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