AMAZING PLACE
A safe investment! Swiss bank
vault goes on sale… complete with EIGHT MILLION coins worth £270,000
- Swiss activist group selling the vault after they used it for campaign stunt
- They filled it with a five centime coin for each person in Switzerland
- Then they dumped the cash in front of the Swiss parliament building
- Idea was to raise awareness of campaign for basic monthly income
- Activists hope the cash raised will help them take their campaign worldwide
This genuine
sale is perfect for anyone wanting to recreate Scrooge McDuck's cartoon money
swimming pool.
An activist
group is selling genuine vault from a Swiss bank complete with eight million
coins worth £270,000
The safe is
currently located in Basel, Switzerland, but the sellers say it can be removed
and replaced anywhere in the world.
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Loadsamoney:
This bank vault carpeted with £270,000-worth of Swiss five centime coins is up
for sale
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Mobile: The
safe is in Basel, Switzerland, but the sellers say it can be transported
anywhere in the world
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Activism:
The vault is being sold by a group campaigning for a basic monthly income for
each Swiss citizen
It was built
in 1912 and features 1619 deposit boxes with all keys available. The boxes and
lockers were handmade from steel and brass.
The vault is
being sold by the Generation Basic Income Initiative, who campaign for a basic
income for each Swiss citizen on a monthly basis.
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In October
they placed eight million five-centime pieces into the bank vault, one for each
citizen in Switzerland before dumping
the 15 tons of money in front of the parliament building in Bern.
Now the
vault and its contents are up for sale with the price negotiable on
application.
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Message: Two
activists from the Generation Basic Income Initiative, the group selling the
bank vault
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Stunt: In
October they placed eight million five-centime pieces into the bank vault, one
for each citizen in Switzerland before dumping the 15 tons of money in front of
the parliament building in Bern
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Swimming in
cash: Now the vault and its contents are up for sale with the price negotiable
on application
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Fully kitted
out: The vault was built in 1912 for the Schweizer Volksbank and features 1619
deposit boxes with all keys available. The boxes and lockers were handmade from
steel and brass
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Empty: The
vault before it was filled with cash for the campaigners stunt last month
Spokesman
Che Wagner says: 'It is the original bank safe from the former Schweizer
Volksbank and known to be one of the finest Swiss piece of craftwork in the
early 20th Century.
'It is in
very good shape and still usable as a bank deposit safe. It will be removed
from its original location and be replaced anywhere in the world. You'll freely
decide what happens with it.
'This is not
just an investment in a historical, exclusive and certainly unique object but
also an investment in a global cultural impulse.'
The
Generation Basic Income Initiative aims for the government to give a minimum
monthly disposal household income of CHF 2,500 (£1,690; $2,700) to every
citizen living in Switzerland.
As well as
dumping the cash in front of the Swiss parliament last month, the group also
presented MPs with a 130,000-signature petition urging them to introduce the
radical measure.
The Swiss
Parliament must address or hold a referendum over any issue which has gathered
more than 100,000 signatures.
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Duck Tales:
The sale is perfect for anyone wanting to recreate Scrooge McDuck's money
swimming pool
Activists
hope the sale of the vault will help them to raise the funds to take their
campaign worldwide.
Mr Wager
explained: 'The budget of our Generation Basic Income global cultural campaign
is estimated at €10m; the amount we'll need to move on with our work to promote
the idea of the basic income worldwide and especially in Switzerland, where
within three years a national vote is held about the issue.
'This amount
will set free possibilities of performances like the one with the coins on the
national Square in Bern.'
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