<P> In 2006, over £ 53 million in banknotes belonging to the Bank was stolen from a depot in Tonbridge, Kent . </P> <P> Modern banknotes are printed by contract with De La Rue Currency in Loughton, Essex . </P> <P> The Bank is custodian to the official gold reserves of the United Kingdom and around 30 other countries . The vault, beneath the City of London, covers a floor space greater than that of the third - tallest building in the City, Tower 42, and needs keys that are three feet (91 cm) long to open . As of April 2016, the Bank held around 400,000 bars, which is equivalent to 5,134 tonnes of gold . These gold deposits were estimated in July 2017 to have a current market value of £ 142,000,000,000 . These estimates suggest the vault could hold as much as 3% of the gold mined throughout human history . </P> <P> Following is a list of the Governors of the Bank of England since the beginning of the 20th century: </P>

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