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– This was really the golden standard of road travel. The central bank of the Netherlands relocated its Dutch-based gold બાર 14,000 bar and about 1,000 b gold coins from the headquarters of X-Amsterdam to a safe and close-knit city near the safe haven of Harlem, which ended on Saturday. Per AP, the bank said in a statement. Along with the 11.7 billion bullion, the bank also transferred 3 5.3 billion worth of bills in an operation led by the Royal Dutch Military Police. Cash and gold traveled about 12.5 miles in trucks with armed military police, police motorcycle exits and police helicopters moving overhead. The operation began on Friday and ended on Saturday afternoon.
“Carefully planned operations run smoothly and safely,” military police said in a statement. The move involves the renewal of the central bank’s Amsterdam offices fees and the permanent relocation of gold and bank bills that have been built in the central city of Zest. The Dutch central bank does not store all its gold in the Netherlands. It also has large collections in the US, UK and Canada. (Teenagers have recently found 1,100-year-old gold coins.)
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