The Bank of England takes pride in the fact that no gold has ever been stolen from their vaults. However, they also admit that it might have been because of extreme luck.
In 1836, during the Victorian period, the directors of the bank received anonymous letters from a man claiming to have access to the bank’s gold. The man even offered to meet the directors inside the vault at their chosen time. Convinced, the directors accepted the offer, and they assembled a meeting at the vault.
At the agreed hour a noise was heard from beneath the floor and a man popped up through some of the floor boards.
The man was a sewerman who, during repair work, had discovered an old drain that ran immediately under the gold vault.
Despite his opportunity, the sewerman did not take any of the bank’s gold, as confirmed by a stock take. The Bank of England then rewarded the man with £800 (worth £90,000 today) for his honesty.
Via Reddit
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victorian era was a crazy time from what i hear
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