I prefer silver to gold due to the physical size of it making it much more practical to trade with. of course, if we're at the point where we're trading silver, there's no guarantee of markets being at all stable. Still, historical precedent has silver between 5 and 50 dollars an ounce at the extremes, so it seems reasonable that a one ounce coin would be a useful unit of value in day to day life. Gold is similar per gram, which is too small a coin to be useful due to ease of damage or loss. One ounce coins may be useful for the very wealthy however.
Silver and gold are safe bets, 1oz silver bullion coins are easy to get into and cheapish to buy even in bulk. But even copper and lead have scrap value and they're much easier to aquire yourself on the cheap.
Boy that was quick.
No criticism of the Lord and saviour of the UK otherwise the government will freeze your internet money.
Time to vault some more precious metals, even at scrap value a oz of silver is some food, until they try making ownership/sale of bullion illegal.
Whatever you want to make bullets out of.
The good thing about bullets is that there are multiple ways to trade them.
I prefer silver to gold due to the physical size of it making it much more practical to trade with. of course, if we're at the point where we're trading silver, there's no guarantee of markets being at all stable. Still, historical precedent has silver between 5 and 50 dollars an ounce at the extremes, so it seems reasonable that a one ounce coin would be a useful unit of value in day to day life. Gold is similar per gram, which is too small a coin to be useful due to ease of damage or loss. One ounce coins may be useful for the very wealthy however.
You can take a ounce if gold and flatten it into a sheet literally atoms thick and adhere it to a wood disk
An ounce of gold is a fine size for a coin. The problem is it's worth more than a grand.
Gold foil is easily damaged, and plated disks can lead to disputes about how much of the coin is gold.
I still stand by silver.
Gold is for banks, silver is for trade
Silver and gold are safe bets, 1oz silver bullion coins are easy to get into and cheapish to buy even in bulk. But even copper and lead have scrap value and they're much easier to aquire yourself on the cheap.