Official ODT Silver Thread

[Glorfindel]

I can't go through all 830 pages of this thread again, but I have questions...
Now, I don't hold any physical metals... (I did but I bought a puppy with them and then the puppy ran away). But I am a regular consumer of media that recommends having old dimes and silver rounds 'because that will be the barter economy one of these days.'
How exactly will such an economy work? I know that p2p transactions already happen on this forum. If I were hungry, what stores would be friendly to me walking in with a face dollar in junk silver and getting a bag of groceries or hamburgers for me and the wife?
If I were to go to (forum sponsoring store) would I be out of line to ask to pay in metals?
I doubt the last couple cases! There is ample rhetoric about "silver=real money=liberty" but the currency of 'non liberty' is the one anyone wants...
Are people who hold the view of silver as a barter currency just waiting for that bad-case scenario? Is there any desire for a parallel economy? How would one emplace that? It seems improbable to just move from cash to mayhem to silver without anyone having practice speaking in silver.

Does anyone in this thread have strong feelings about the above subject matter? This almost feels like it should be a separate thread, but I don't really want to hear from the crypto people.

Remember that time in human history were nobody valued silver and gold? Yea me neither.

 

[Seacap]

if you want something cool though....
http://www.apmex.com/product/89616/2-oz-silver-round-the-privateer

get some pirate silver!

Pretty coin

 

[StuP]

Remember that time in human history were nobody valued silver and gold? Yea me neither.

There have been times / places / cultures. Given a time of real scarcity the "value" can plummet. Do you want this 1lb of gold or to prevent your family from dying of starvation today ?

 

[Glorfindel]

There have been times / places / cultures. Given a time of real scarcity the "value" can plummet. Do you want this 1lb of gold or to prevent your family from dying of starvation today ?

Give me the pound of gold and I guarantee my family won’t starve. If anything the only person with food will be me.

 

[jonesiv]

Remember that time in human history were nobody valued silver and gold? Yea me neither.

There have been times / places / cultures. Given a time of real scarcity the "value" can plummet. Do you want this 1lb of gold or to prevent your family from dying of starvation today ?

Give me the pound of gold and I guarantee my family won’t starve. If anything the only person with food will be me.

But is there an infrastructure or shared understanding or even common pool of knowledge enough to make utilizing the value in silver and gold possible?

the problem is that everyone outside this thread is an idiot:

I am asking academically, but also practically. If I can spend mercury dimes for beef jerky and Hoppes oil today, it will make it more realistic to do the same if it were ever the only option

 

[thevalueman]

JESUS!!!
our society is messed up!!!

 

[mattp38]

But is there an infrastructure or shared understanding or even common pool of knowledge enough to make utilizing the value in silver and gold possible?

the problem is that everyone outside this thread is an idiot:

I am asking academically, but also practically. If I can spend mercury dimes for beef jerky and Hoppes oil today, it will make it more realistic to do the same if it were ever the only option

Sad

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

Just bought a 5oz Sunshine Mint bar from a bullion dealer on Ebay for $160.00 with free shipping. I aint done the math yet but I always heard the premium was less on 5 oz and up than 1 oz at the time. Plus it's something different to throw in the cigar box with the other rounds .

 

[thevalueman]

hail yeah!!
any silver buy is a good buy!!!

:-)Rocky

 

[Nat]

I have a container from Royal Canadian Mint, that is still sealed, with, 10 half oz. Devil'a Brigade .9999, 2$ coins.
Asking 300$