LONDON - Behind the walls of the heavily guarded Royal Mint near Cardiff, old Bank of England telephones are being dismantled and submerged in huge tanks to extract their hidden treasure - the gold contained in their circuits. Behind barbed wire and coded security gates, the state-owned maker of British coins and commemorative medals is transforming electronic waste into luxury jewelry, AFP reports.
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LONDON - Behind the walls of the heavily guarded Royal Mint near Cardiff, old Bank of England telephones are being dismantled and submerged in huge tanks to extract their hidden treasure - the gold contained in their circuits. Behind barbed wire and coded security gates, the state-owned maker of British coins and commemorative medals is transforming electronic waste into luxury jewelry, AFP reports.