Why doesn't that surprise me
I had this explained to me by a friend who works in 'The Square Mile' last year.

Apparently they did the same thing just before the great depression to buy up the smaller banks. He suggested if I had any savings I buy gold as they are willfully crashing the economy to allow the introduction of the huge rescue packages.

The price of a sovereign back then was around £180 from those pawn shops which was £180 more than I had spare at that time. I think he bought about 5 grands worth. 20 odd full sovereigns and 19 half sovereigns. He bought them back in March this year. He tells me each month how much Gold is increasing in value and each month I try to resist the urge to slap him.

Last time I checked those £180 sovs are now £220
(Miss B3thpot, Sat 18 Dec 2010, 22:30, Reply)