Fine, if you want to give Achmed down at the 7-Eleven a one ounce Kruggerand for a loaf of bread........cause that’s exactly what would be demanded.
Sorry, I am asking for concrete historical facts - not snide, useless opinions from anonymous posters on the Internet.
That is exactly what will happen.
If we get to the "dooms day" scenario where gold is supposed to be what you want to have, food, fuel, etc are going to become rare relatively quickly. I can see it taking at most a year or so for current stockpiles to be plundered, consumed, or destroyed. Gold will buy surprisingly less and less in the end.
At best, it will delay the inevitable. Bullets and guns are a better investment. One bullet will grow in value, not go down.
Screw Achmed and the camel he road in on.
Build a cadre of neighbors you can trust, stock up on flour and bake your own bread.
Save the gold or silver for buying off a pharmacist to get the antibiotics you need for your kids if they get sick.
Save it for the important stuff, do without or do it yourself.