[Pearls Before Swine]

The first time you exchange a 0.10 oz coin for a loaf of bread, and unless you are an upper-tier Navy SEAL in terms of your personal fitness and aggressiveness, you are signing your death warrant, because the fact that you possess gold AT ALL will become common knowledge within minutes.

Exactly what I've been saying. Junk silver... OK. A silver dollar or a silver Maple Leaf... it's like a twenty dollar bill. But a gold piece, especially of any significant size, will make one a target.

[NRx]

Agreed. I have a healthy stash of silver rounds for exactly that purpose. Gold is the better insurance metal. But silver is what you need for day to day expenses. My only quibble with junk silver is I don’t want to have to explain to every store clerk that yes, pre-1965 US coins were made of silver.