I thought about gold. In Europe during hyper inflation, I mean as a true story (probably where the story came from); my grandmother went to the chicken coup, pulled out 2 eggs and paid off her mortgage. So people invested in items, especially gold. My mother bought gold bars which she put in safety deposits box, 99.98 % pure. Too heavy, too much trouble for me. I thought, well gold is good, so why not wear it at the same time? Now I have beautiful, heavy 24k gold bangles, rings, necklaces etc. But it’s awfully soft for jewelry. You have to be careful not to dent it, but it’s fun! For weddings etc too much trouble for the pool or something. So there it is in the safety deposit box to be admired when I want to and ready for sale (by weight) when I want to. Uncle had gold krugerrands for similar reasons.
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