Telegraph: 25 Years Since the UK's Big Gold Mistake

By  Daily Telegraph / March 04, 2024 / www.bullionvault.com / Article Link

LONDON, 4 March 2024 - Analysis, data and comment from BullionVault's research team today forms the heart of a look back to the UK's infamous 1999 gold sales from Telegraph Money, the financial pages of the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper.

25 years ago, "gold was increasingly being seen as a 'barbarous relic'," says The Telegraph, and the UK was far from alone in selling down its gold bullion reserves at the lowest prices in 2 decades.

So what made the UK's sales so controversial, even today? Read the full story at The Telegraph here:

Why Britain is still paying the price for Gordon Brown's gold bullion blunder

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