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Yamashita's gold, also referred to as the Yamashita treasure, is the name given to the alleged war loot stolen in Southeast Asia by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II and supposedly hidden in caves, tunnels, or underground complexes in different cities in the Philippines.
The prizes for gold, silver, and bronze are €140,000, €112,000, and €84,000, respectively, while the 4th, 5th, and 6th place winners receive €56,000, €42,000, and €28,000, respectively. In addition, Olympic medalists are entitled to a lifetime monthly payment, calculated as up to 1.5 times the gross average salary after retirement ...
In 1970, South Africa produced 995 tonnes or 32 million ounces of gold, two-thirds of the world's production of 47.5 million ounces. [2] Production figures are for primary mine production. In the US, for example, for the year 2011, secondary sources (new and old scrap) exceeded primary production. [3]
Under the new law each ten yen coin was to weigh 257.2 grains, and contain 90% gold with a foreign exchange rate close to a United States Eagle (US$10 coin). [6] Gold bullion for coinage was delivered from private Japanese citizens, foreigners, and the Japanese government. [ 7 ]
Official U.S. gold reserve since 1900 Changes in Central Bank Gold Reserves by Country 1993–2014 Central 2005 and 2014. A gold reserve is the gold held by a national central bank, intended mainly as a guarantee to redeem promises to pay depositors, note holders (e.g. paper money), or trading peers, during the eras of the gold standard, and also as a store of value, or to support the value of ...
In gold: 1, 2, 4 pesos; the 4 pesos weighing 6.766 grams of 0.875 fine gold In silver: 10, 20, 50 centimos; the 50 centimos weighing 12.98 grams of 0.9 fine silver (fineness reduced to 0.835 in 1881) The dearth of pre-1857 copper coins were addressed by counterfeit two-cuarto coins (worth 1/80th of a peso) made by Igorot copper miners in the ...
The World Gold Council estimates that all the gold ever mined, and that is accounted for, totals 187,200 tonnes, as of 2017 [3] but other independent estimates vary by as much as 20%. [4] At a price of US$1,250 per troy ounce , marked on 16 August 2017, one tonne of gold has a value of approximately US$40.2 million.
This coin is notable for being the first 5000 yen gold coin that was reduced in both weight and size, and the first 0.25 oz gold coin ever minted by Japan. [11] The set diameter of 30 mm and weight of 15 g that had been used for all of the prior coins was changed to 20 mm and 7.8 g for this gold issue. [ 12 ]