I think brass and lead are far more useful.
Even gold cannot buy what isn’t there. And you can’t eat it.
My neighbor called me yesterday and informed me that he was giving my younger brother most of his guns and ammo. He's so old and didn't want to leave them with his Chinese wife when he dies. She's 25 years younger than him.
He would have given them to me but (ahem) I'm older than him.