RBS' officers hoarded the Bank of Scotland's bank notes, then presented them all at once in a surprise attack, demanding the gold and silver specie that backed them.

FORBES: Golden age redux

When Franco first went on the attack in 1936, Republican Spain had one of the biggest gold stocks in the world, gold which the government promptly arranged to exchange for war materiel.

FORBES: There Must Be Moscow Gold

The attack comes just two weeks after the North East Lincolnshire town won a gold award in the RHS Britain In Bloom competition.

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