[One Name]

Gold is pretty worthless without a security structure. They used to carve (or chisel) dubloons into quarters and pieces of eight for smaller purchases.

“If you have guns you can get gold”

You can’t eat it, though.

[blam]

"You can’t eat it, though. "

Bring me your gold...I will give you food. (See how that works)

[Aria]

The blogger from Argentina, and i believe he’s posted here in the past, said to get gold necklaces - they’re portable and easy to deal with.

[paul51]

“If you have guns you can get gold”

You can get anything you need

[RedMonqey]

Gold is pretty worthless without a security structure.

Exactly . Gold only value as "currency" is it's percieved worth for transactions. If society truly collapses, A la Mad Max style, gold would be worth less than lead. And if the government decrees it as "illegal tender" and criminalizes it's possession, any merchant that exchanges for real goods(food, gasoline etc.)would be foolish.

Better to be independent as possible, grow your own food, or make yourself useful, have a useful skill. There won't be much need for paper pushers and lawyers and high demand for tradesmen, i.e, metalworkers, distilers(both for drinking and fuel),farmers, mechanics gunsmiths, etc.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

They used to carve (or chisel) dubloons into quarters and pieces of eight for smaller purchases.

Which is where the term "two-bits" comes from...when there was an eight-part dollar. Two bits equaled a quarter. Thus the 'two-bits' tag afforded to our current 25 cent quarter.