You may be interested to know that from its foundation in 1694,
the Bank
of England has issued notes promising to pay the bearer a sum of
money.
For much of its history the promise could be made good by the Bank
paying
out gold in exchange for its notes. The link with gold helped to
maintain
the value of the notes, although the link was sometimes suspended,
for
example in wartime. The link with gold was finally broken in 1931
and
since that time there has been no other asset into which holders
have the
right to convert Bank of England notes. They can only be exchanged
for
other Bank of England notes. Nowadays public faith in the pound is
maintained in a different way - through the Bank of England's
operation of
monetary policy, the object of which, by statute, is price
stability"
but you can exchange sterling notes for other countrys money at the appropiate exhange rate.Aint these backed up with gold reserves?
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