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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JrCoin, post: 678259, member: 18390&quot;]Gee, why so serious?&nbsp; Paper money does have it&#039;s uses, like to buy precious metals with...I just don&#039;t see much value in keeping alot of greenbacks around unless I&#039;m fixing to flee the authorities sometime soon.&nbsp; I percieve a gap between market value (what the papers ect say a metal like gold is worth) and the actual cost of purchasing said amount of gold.&nbsp; This said, not all gold is created equal.&nbsp; Numismatic gold does and should command a premium over plain bullion.&nbsp; Just because the &quot;official&quot; price of gold drops for a bit, I don&#039;t believe you would be able to purchase premium quality numismatic gold for much of a bargain.&nbsp; I think gold should be valued for its rarity, beauty, and usefulness.&nbsp; Yes there is collectable paper money out there, and the current market for it is a bit soft.&nbsp; I&#039;m not interested in collecting bills when a similar purchase/collection/investment/whatever can be made in precious metals.&nbsp; All I&#039;m saying is, if you can find a good deal in what you like because of a price drop in golds listed value, good for you!&nbsp; Inflation is good business for government and hard on the individual.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see it going away anytime soon.&nbsp; In my opinion this will continue to drive more demand for hard secure assets like gold and silver.&nbsp; My one caveat would be wthshtf you will see that your basic essentials (food, water, shelter, clothing, and YES, T.P.) will seem alot more important than a safe full of yellow metal.&nbsp; But that&#039;s a pretty bleak outlook and think there isn&#039;t much use in worrying about all that.&nbsp; You could do alot worse than gold.&nbsp; Like Enron?&nbsp; Or Bernie?&nbsp; I&#039;m pretty sure all that gold is going to be worth something to someone, and if your money isn&#039;t in your pocket then whose is it really?&nbsp; I&#039;ve lost lots in the stock market and watched my 401k bleed like a sieve but I&#039;ve still got my coin collection, and I have no reservations about adding to it when I can.&nbsp; Just my 2 cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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