Beekissed
Mountain Sage
I go along with the fact that, in the end of all things, you cannot eat gold or silver. If I were to store up a metal of any kind it may be industrial strength steel or good iron for the making of tools.
Gold and silver have a value because we say it does, not because of any actual real value. Yes, it has been used for barter for many a long years and it still mystifies me....it's metal and too soft to be used for any real purpose other than where soft metals are needed and copper can serve that purpose.
In the end, food and fuel will be bartering material and "precious" metals will be just as hard to carry and defend as will food and fuel. One might as well have something you can gain some earthly good from if one is to hoard one or the other.
Gold and silver have a value because we say it does, not because of any actual real value. Yes, it has been used for barter for many a long years and it still mystifies me....it's metal and too soft to be used for any real purpose other than where soft metals are needed and copper can serve that purpose.
In the end, food and fuel will be bartering material and "precious" metals will be just as hard to carry and defend as will food and fuel. One might as well have something you can gain some earthly good from if one is to hoard one or the other.