[Mad Dawgg]

"Even if our monetary system collapsed gold will still have value."

Doubtful, a very wise man taught me along time ago that you can truly measure an item's worth by subjecting it to the "deserted island test" if it would be useful on a deserted island to survive then it has "real value" , otherwise any value associated with an item is subjective at best.

[GOP_1900AD]

Therefore, productive land is the best investment (but you knew that already!)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Doubtful, a very wise man taught me along time ago that you can truly measure an item's worth by subjecting it to the "deserted island test" if it would be useful on a deserted island to survive then it has "real value" , otherwise any value associated with an item is subjective at best.

Very true. If there is a total collapse then the metals like steel, lead and copper are valuable.

Precious metals are precious only because we make them into pretty trinkets.

Should that time ever arrive you could offer me pounds of your pretty metal for my hoe and I would not trade.

[ol painless]

"Doubtful, a very wise man taught me along time ago that you can truly measure an item's worth by subjecting it to the "deserted island test" if it would be useful on a deserted island to survive then it has "real value" , otherwise any value associated with an item is subjective at best."

Something to consider. I guess on a deserted island you could at least burn paper to start a fire.

[Christopher Lincoln]

If you lived on a deserted island you would have no use for money of any kind. But, luckily for you, you don't live on a deserted island.