[blam]

"...but most people won’t have the cash on hand to handle a simple thing like credit cards and ATM’s being unusable for a month (e.g. during a widespread banking panic)."

I recently bought some old US silver dollars and have those on hand so I won't neeed to pull out the Krugerrands I bought in 1993. I like the idea that the silver (90%) dollars are still legal US currency, albeit worth $12-18.00 each in silver content.

[Wisconsinlady]

I also just bought some silver. Kennedy halves. I think Gold is too costly and in too large of units to be worthwhile for trading, what are your thoughts on that?