In the words of Goethe: “What you have inherited from your fathers / Earn over again for yourselves, in order to possess it.” In this sense it is the task of the Monetary Stability Foundation to encourage research in this area. And, what is more, on a broad basis.
The funds which are already available for this purpose come from the issue of a DM 1 gold coin by the Bundesbank. BIS Review 72/2002  1  Indeed, last summer we experienced an unusually heavy demand for this gold coin. Part of the net proceeds, DM 100 million (or € 51 million), forms the foundation's capital base.