why store it in a piece of metal though? > Compared to other "real" things, gold can be liquidated into dollars VERY quickly if you need to make a transaction,

why store it in a piece of metal though? > Compared to other "real" things, gold can be liquidated into dollars VERY quickly if you need to make a transaction, and since it's a real thing, it cant disappear. What happens when someone sticks you up and takes your gold away? > Also, often gold is stored by the company you bought it from on your behalf, so you can sell it back instantly online. So no need to have to have a home safe. Isn't that how the dollar got started and here we are.