Try them! Think outside the box!
I had my car engine overhauled and paid for it with some old gold coins. They’d have been refused by any cashier at Walmart but a company owner usually has a more far-seeing view of such things.
It’s becoming slightly less rare now, but I’m hearing more about goods being offered for services. If the economy really crashes such trading will come back. After all, isn’t that what you’re alluding to when you suggest stockpiling stuff you don’t use?
I talked with a man several weeks ago who works as a local paramedic. He told me he had about twenty boxes of tampons stored away to plug bullet-holes if/when TSHTF. I think THAT can be considered “outside the box!”
“It’s becoming slightly less rare now, but I’m hearing more about goods being offered for services. If the economy really crashes such trading will come back. After all, isn’t that what you’re alluding to when you suggest stockpiling stuff you don’t use?”
The tried and true barter system. Mastering skills that others in your area would be willing to barter goods for in exchange for your services may be more valuable then having gold and silver on hand.