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.
I believe the dollar will more like monopoly money in the not too distant future.
May as well have something that we know will have value.
By hard assets. Rental property etc. Rent always goes up. Bonds (corporate or government) have to much risk. All you have is a bureaucrat’s word that he’ll give you your money back someday. With municipalities declaring bankruptcy who wants to own bonds? They pay almost nothing and now they’re not even safe? Gold and silver maybe. You can’t beat owning property. That’s just my humble opinion.