The Chinese state probably hasn t sat on so much lucre since the halcyon days of the Qing Empire, when insatiable European demand for porcelain, tea and silk flooded the central coffers in Beijing with silver bullion.

On 25 November 2011, the first of US 11 billion of repatriated gold bullion arrived in Caracas Chávez called the repatriation of gold a sovereign step that will help protect the country's foreign reserves from the turmoil in the U.S. and Europe.

In an attempt to resume stability, a variation on the gold standard was reintroduced in 1925, under which the currency was fixed to gold at its pre war peg, although people were only able to exchange their currency for gold bullion, rather than for coins.

As for exit, the rule is that it is permitted to export or re export any goods from the Kingdom without restriction (article 3 (b)), with the exception of precious metals, including gold and silver bullion, which require pre authorization from the Jordanian Central Bank before export.

The revised Foreign Exchange Regulations, which is expected to into effect soon, the import and export of gold and silver coins, bars and bullion shall be permitted subject to authorization of the RMA, and to such limits as it may be prescribed on the amounts that may be imported into and exported out of Bhutan.