I really don't understand why so many around here treat holding gold as akin to being a flat-earther.
In early '02 Mrs Ghost bought around $200K in gold coins at $300 per oz.
We don't plan to divest it, simply hold it. It has nearly tripled in value (actually more, as most is in collector coins), stock market would have busted our chops.
That, along with some real estate, makes us reasonably confident in staving the wolves.
A warehouse full of Spam would not be nearly as comforting. A guy can't eat much more than one meal of that crap a year, anyway.
I was making a point. But your gold has stayed at the same value you got it for. Only the value of the tender has changed.