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| 2012-08-19 — caseyresearch.com 
 
 Basel III also stipulates that a bank's Tier 1 holdings must rise from 4% of assets to 6%.
 That means that banks may not only replace a portion of their existing paper with bullion, but may use it to meet some of the extra 2% as well. In addition, this vote of confidence from the highest monetary authorities gives further impetus to the remonetization of gold. 
	
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