Show enormous amount of gold in U S the gold holdings of the united states treasury for the first time in history have passed the mark the exact total was of which 52 was held against certificates in the hands of the outside public and as a reserve against outstanding united states ab nb es the balance being free assets th is the largest amount of gold now held by any single al ansti tut on in the world and it is the larg est ever held by any institution with one exception the imperial bank of russia which in february 1898 raised its total holdings to at present the buss an bank holds only 00 |