I agree with you. I believe silver is a better investment than gold. That said, I have no special knowledge of investing either.
If I had several million dollars that I wanted to be able to preserve regardless of what might befall our country I would certainly look at Gold, or possibly Palladium. Frankly I don’t know where I could safely store millions of dollars worth of silver coins. Anyone who trusts banks as a safe haven for their money isn’t paying attention.
One of the great things about pre-1965 US coins is that you don’t need to have a lot of money to invest in them. For $100 you should be able to acquire 20 -25 silver quarters. I think every bug-out bag should have at least that.