石剑峰, 对热播剧《北平无战事》,台湾学者有话要讲. 澎湃新闻, Nov 20, 2014
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("北平没有黄金,因为金库在上海。运到台湾的黄金只有来自上海的。这个黄金是发行金圆券的发行准备金。 * * * 当徐蚌会战(即淮海战役)、碾庄战役失败之后,南京受到威胁,上海也受到影响,上海的黄金当然要运到安全的地方,在这种情况下国民政府就开始把中央银行的黄金白银分批转移,一共300多箱,共200万两。这些都可以从 '中央银行' 的档案里查出来")
Note:
(a) Imagine 200万两 had been all gold (which is historically more expensive than silver).
(b) 1 liang 两 = 1.6 troy ounce
(c) Nowadays gold price is around $1,200 a troy ounce. Historic high (a few years ago) was $1,500 a troy ounce.
(d) For convenience, I will use the latter ($1,500).
(e) 200万两 2 million liang = 3.2 million troy ounces = $4.8 billion
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