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How the central bank squandered Switzerland's gold reserves

Frik Els | October 28, 2014 | 8:36 pm Precious Metals Europe Gold 

[caption id="attachment_805259" align="alignleft" width="600"] Image of lakeside benches in the shape of gold bars in Kreuzlingen, canton of Thurgau, by Sascha Erni[/caption]Switzerland produces no gold itself – in 2012 an Alpine village turned down a $1.2 billion project which would've...

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