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You will be interested in this blog on the subject of gold backwardization:

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/

And this is from a guy who owns some gold.

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Mish: Can you address or speculate as to why manufacturers are not making smaller retail sized bars of silver and gold, as well as coins?
Turk: The manufacturers are primarily government owned mints. So one theory is typical government incompetence......
My vote is for incompetence.

I had to smile and nod. I dunno on this particular case, but when asked over the years about various schemes and conspiracies I always say "when faced with an explanation of conspiracy or bungling government bureaucrats, vote bungling every time."

You may be right, and I hope you are. I hope I pass down all my gold and silver to my grandchildren and never need it.