Sale of UK gold reserves, 1999–2002 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sale_of_UK_gold_reserves,_1999%E2%80%932002
Revealed: why Gordon Brown sold Britain's gold at a knock-down price - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/thomaspascoe/100018367/revealed-why-gordon-brown-sold-britains-gold-at-a-knock-down-price/
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List of countries by foreign-exchange reserves - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_foreign-exchange_reserves