I started buying silver and gold because I don't see good things happening to the dollar. I don't trust banks. and I wanted to have a hedge against a down economy. a lot of people laughed. all I could say is 1933. they are like, huh. I tell them that in 1933 the government declared gold illegal to own over an ounce. The banks didn't have a choice but to cooperate and open up all safety deposit boxes and let government agents have at it. This is why there are no US gold coins after 1933 until I think 1985. A few years later the government removed the gold ban and offered to sell everyones gold back to them . . .but they set the gold rate at about 3-4 times what it was when they took it, basically increasing their wealth threefold. My question is , what is to stop them from doing it again. Any history buff will tell you that history repeats itself, if we let it. I put my stacks in burial vaults now. I'm the only one that knows where they are.