Originally Posted by RummyBoy

In the event of a proper collapse you would be MUCH better of with at least 10% of your liquid cash in gold and silver. You obviously don't have a financial education. Not being able to eat gold and silver is hardly a good reason not to own it.

A lot of you wont remember the 1970's. Not long after the USD was taken off the gold standard, it went up over 2400% (24 fold gain) in a 4 year period. It went from $35 per ounce to $840 per ounce.