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Interesting hypothetical. I was watching TV yesterday and one of those shows came on the History or Discovery channel giving a dramatization of what could happen if there was a pandemic. The premise of the show was the spread of avian flu, killing some large percentage of the population, and the family in the dramatization realizing that the lack of the grid and societal infrastructure, and roaming gangs of looters, meant they had to evacuate the city in favor of a safer more rural location.
According to this show, after a large percentage of the population died, paper currency lost all value. Things like gold and silver had barter value, and presumably real value years later once communities reformed.
Question: If this happened to you and you had to travel lightly, would you (1) bury/hide your coin collection with the intention of coming back years later; (2) leave them in albums and slabs and take them with you; (3) crack them out and hide them in your pack (or on your person) for easier travel; or (4) do something else?
According to this show, after a large percentage of the population died, paper currency lost all value. Things like gold and silver had barter value, and presumably real value years later once communities reformed.
Question: If this happened to you and you had to travel lightly, would you (1) bury/hide your coin collection with the intention of coming back years later; (2) leave them in albums and slabs and take them with you; (3) crack them out and hide them in your pack (or on your person) for easier travel; or (4) do something else?
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Interesting hypothetical. I was watching TV yesterday and one of those shows came on the History or Discovery channel giving a dramatization of what could happen if there was a pandemic. The premise of the show was the spread of avian flu, killing some large percentage of the population, and the family in the dramatization realizing that the lack of the grid and societal infrastructure, and roaming gangs of looters, meant they had to evacuate the city in favor of a safer more rural location.
According to this show, after a large percentage of the population died, paper currency lost all value. Things like gold and silver had barter value, and presumably real value years later once communities reformed.
Question: If this happened to you and you had to travel lightly, would you (1) bury/hide your coin collection with the intention of coming back years later; (2) leave them in albums and slabs and take them with you; (3) crack them out and hide them in your pack (or on your person) for easier travel; or (4) do something else?
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the major issue. Some gold/silver would be necessary for barter, but o
the large part of it to a safe concealment site. Ammunition and firearms would be a primary
necessity for sustenance. Cheers, RickO
Food, medicine, guns & ammo would have value. Precious metals and precious stones would be worthless as would coin collections. The only way they'll get my guns ... oops, I don't own any guns! I'm going to go looking for a Hawken of at least 50 cal.! Jerimiah Johnson ... where is Hatchet Jack when I need him!
I disagree. I believe gold and silver would have value and you could use that to barter with. Let's hope we don't have to find out.
Food, medicine, guns & ammo would have value. Precious metals and precious stones would be worthless as would coin collections....
Before there were currencies there were coins made of precious metals....precious stones as well. Were those worthless during tough times of the past 3000 years? What did they use during the hundreds of years during the dark age? Did everybody abandon their gold, silver, precious stones and leave it by the roadside?
Question: If this happened to you and you had to travel lightly, would you (1) bury/hide your coin collection with the intention of coming back years later; (2) leave them in albums and slabs and take them with you; (3) crack them out and hide them in your pack (or on your person) for easier travel; or (4) do something else?
It depends on the specific circumstances, but I'd most likely do some of each of those options.
precious metals have many advantages as dense, portable, divisible wealth, that doesn't spoil or deteriorate, and which is universally known and accepted.
Probably start by stashing the numismatic collectibles in the hopes of better days ahead, and using the bullionesque component of the collection for trade
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Interesting hypothetical. I was watching TV yesterday and one of those shows came on the History or Discovery channel giving a dramatization of what could happen if there was a pandemic. The premise of the show was the spread of avian flu, killing some large percentage of the population, and the family in the dramatization realizing that the lack of the grid and societal infrastructure, and roaming gangs of looters, meant they had to evacuate the city in favor of a safer more rural location.
According to this show, after a large percentage of the population died, paper currency lost all value. Things like gold and silver had barter value, and presumably real value years later once communities reformed.
Question: If this happened to you and you had to travel lightly, would you (1) bury/hide your coin collection with the intention of coming back years later; (2) leave them in albums and slabs and take them with you; (3) crack them out and hide them in your pack (or on your person) for easier travel; or (4) do something else?
No paragraph breaks needed. I couldn't even quote and reply to a post with the breaks in it. I'd get the 113 error.
That said, I would just go kayak fishing everyday for food and barter .....
They call them warehouses.