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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1307298, member: 13650&quot;]Numismatic value will take a dive but bullion value will not.&nbsp; Listen to the survival podcast episode 781.&nbsp; Guy from Argentina was interviewed.&nbsp;&nbsp; They had a nice, booming economy similar to the US.&nbsp; Most were living a nice middle class lifestyle.&nbsp; Then the currency started going down hill and they had an economic collapse in 2001.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The people that had bullion to trade did use it to trade with.&nbsp; He said he knew somebody that would cut links off of a silver necklace to barter for other things.&nbsp;&nbsp; They also converted their pesos into dollars as fast as they could as it was spiraling out of control.&nbsp;&nbsp; Of all currencies, the dollar protected them.&nbsp;&nbsp; As our dollar collapses, we won&#039;t have the same luxury of another currency to retreat to.&nbsp; Unless China&#039;s currency becomes the new world reserve currency.&nbsp; Then maybe we could convert to that to protect ourselves somewhat.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I think the bigger worry would be violent crime and securing clean water and food.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you did secure it, the people that didn&#039;t have it would try to rob you.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Another movie to add to the list is &quot;The Road&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not for the faint of heart.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen a lot but I found that movie to be very disturbing.&nbsp; There is no explanation to what caused SHTF in that movie but you can see the aftermath.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t pretty.&nbsp; The main threat was armed bands of cannibals and the guy and his kid have to stay away from the road so they don&#039;t get caught.&nbsp; His only defense is a half loaded revolver through most the movie.&nbsp; The whole thing was a pathetic, disturbing struggle, with brief, fleeting moments of relief.&nbsp;&nbsp; In that scenario, all that was valuable was ammo.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; But that was total chaos and anarchy with very few people left alive.&nbsp; Not the highest probability for a SHTF scenario.&nbsp;&nbsp; An economic collapse is far more likely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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