Comprehensive books about how Victorian banks worked?

The material could include architecture, safes, keys, locking mechanisms, guard distribution, security protocol, storing precious valuables, documents, coins, etc.

Thanks for any information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxyB29bDbBA

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If anyone is interested, I've discovered three possible candidates so far:

1. In the Cave of Aladdin: A Little Narrative of the Safe Deposit Vault.
2. History of the Bank of England by A.M. Andreades.
3. Bank Buildings. The Architectural review: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c034804239&view=1up&seq=1&amp...

Planning on going back in time and robbing a bank? ;-) Sorry, no ideas. Hopefully someone can help.

>2 lorax: Curses! You've uncovered my devious scheme! Well, you'll never take me alive! *Flees dramatically with villainous music.* Haha. ^^ I hope so too. I'm just slightly intrigued by security systems and how the Victorians managed without modern technology.

No idea, but given that you're really interested in the physical end, your best bet might be to start with famous robberies and start looking for histories thereof as a first step to further research. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bank_robbers_and_robberies

Might be higher level than what you want, but try Walter Bagehot's Lombard Street: a Description of the Money Market. You should also read some fiction about the criminal behaviour that went on — one way was to issue paper bank notes (which were supposed to be redeemable against gold) in exchange for cash, and then abscond. I don't have any useful examples though.

Most of what I've seen in regards to 19th-century banking relates to assorted economic crashes, particularly in 1837.

It's not what you're looking for, but Hester by Margaret Oliphant is a fantastic Victorian novel about a family who own a bank. Security issues come into play.

>8 susanbooks:

Wow - that sounds interesting! Thanks! ^^

>9 VoicelessTorment: It's one of my fave 19th-century novels. Hester is such a great character, as is the head of the bank, her aunt (!). All of the characters are great. Even that sniveling one that you don't realize is sniveling until the end.