Sitting In The Lap Of Luxury -- He has gold to the right of him, and gold to the left of him. And that's only a small portion of the total supply of gold stored here in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Some 12 billion dollars worth is kept in these vaults, five floors below street level. Each one of those bars is worth about $14,000.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Sitting In The Lap Of Luxury -- He has gold to the right of him, and gold to the left of him. And that's only a small portion of the total supply of gold stored here in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Some 12 billion dollars worth is kept in these vaults, five floors below street level. Each one of those bars is worth about $14,000.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1965]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Gold: Includes Mining

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