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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 3382569, member: 5233"]I disagree with this. If we had a major disaster...something that wrecked our infrastructure for an extended period of time, precious metals wouldn't be of much value. Necessary supplies for life would be the currency. Food, water, medical supplies, ect. </p><p><br /></p><p>I spend a lot of time om firearm related forums and they always talk about "it hits the fan" type scenarios. You know, government is gone, populous in chaos, blue hats matching in...that sorta thing. In that world gold is useless.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, a personal emergency I think it would not be a problem. House burns down, major medical emergency...something along those lines. I don't think it would be hard to quickly convert a large amount of gold into cash. Even small time dealers would be able to at least work as a middle man.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 3382569, member: 5233"]I disagree with this. If we had a major disaster...something that wrecked our infrastructure for an extended period of time, precious metals wouldn't be of much value. Necessary supplies for life would be the currency. Food, water, medical supplies, ect. I spend a lot of time om firearm related forums and they always talk about "it hits the fan" type scenarios. You know, government is gone, populous in chaos, blue hats matching in...that sorta thing. In that world gold is useless. But, a personal emergency I think it would not be a problem. House burns down, major medical emergency...something along those lines. I don't think it would be hard to quickly convert a large amount of gold into cash. Even small time dealers would be able to at least work as a middle man.[/QUOTE]
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