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originally posted by: FamCore
Unless you can grow all of your own food (As well as housing, medicine, & other necessities) it is wise to have a store of value that you can use to acquire goods & services you yourself don’t have.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
Who's going to take gold or silver in a situation where you're trading it for food or medicine? How do you make change? What do you do with it when you do have it? I can think of commodities that would be far more valuable.
originally posted by: FamCore
I've also willingly paid a little extra premium to acquire fractional weights (10th of an ounce, 1/4th ounce, 2 grams, 5 grams, 10-20 grams, etc.) of gold or silver for this very reason (but I know most folks don't do this).