After the end of World War II, the value of American gold reserves was $24.6 billion, or about 19925 tons. It accounted for 74.6% of the world's total gold reserves at that time (the highest figure after the war), and the United States supported its "Bretton Woods system" with this huge amount of gold.

The Bank of England has a gold reserve of about 5,000 tons, which was transferred to Canada during the war.

The gold reserve of BNP Paribas is 2226 tons, which was preserved in Africa during World War II.

Japan plundered a lot of gold from the occupying power in World War II, and the United States plundered some after the victory, and some were secretly hidden before the defeat.

The foreign exchange reserve of gold and silver of the National Government 1949 is US$ 275 million, which is about 200 tons of gold.