robot, I have to disagree with you about owning gold, particularly ounces of gold. If the whole mess crashes, how would you buy a loaf of bread and a can of beans? Your gold would be worth maybe $10,000 an ounce. Are you going to pay $10K for bread and beans?
My idea is to hoard Roosevelt dimes. Today, they're worth $1.27 and would probably gain 1000% in value if the whole mess goes south, which would still be around $11. Much better to spend $11 to buy bread and beans than to spend an ounce of gold.

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