A gold reserve is the gold held by a national central bank, intended as a store of value and as a guarantee to redeem promises to pay depositors, note holders (e.g. paper money), or trading peers, or to secure a currency.
This list presents the gold reserves of largest gold holding countries worldwide as of June 2017.
10. India 557.8 tonnes
9. Netherlands 612.5 tonnes
8. Japan 765.2 tonnes
7. Switzerland 1,040 tonnes
6. Russia 1,687.3 tonnes
5. China 1,842.6 tonnes
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4. France 2,435.9 tonnes
3. Italy 2,451.8 tonnes
2. Germany 3,377.3 tonnes
1. United States 8,133.5 tonnes
Sources: gold.org, wikipedia.org