I know that I would love to be able to go through and just buy gold because it is one of the only things that will always retain value no matter what happens to our economy. I keep hearing that gold canadian is actually known for having the highest purity and that is the way to go because even in bad times people can figure out the purity and that will have some dictation on the value. Ideally I would love to have an entire safe full of gold coin just for when times get rough and then I do not have to have my money in the bank, which who really knows if we can trust them anymore? It seems like the gold prices have been on a steady increase since the government and the economy got so bad. I would like to have gold around just for in case of an emergency situation. I like to plan for the future and I believe that collecting gold coins would help me to prepare for the future the best because people will always trade precious metals no matter what and if our money became obsolete somehow the gold would still be worth a lot!