You do it trade 1 oz gold bars for goods. You are not trying to buy sugar with them. They are for paying off the border guard when a family member does not hav

You do it trade 1 oz gold bars for goods. You are not trying to buy sugar with them. They are for paying off the border guard when a family member does not have the right docs or the low level soldier checking lottery numbers to see if you can get on the escape vehicle or enter the bunker. These are real “world is going to fall apart” hedges. I am not expecting a crisis of that level in my neighbourhood but they have certainly happened before ( crossing borders in WWII took a few diamond earrings perhaps ) and there are risks now that are bigger than ever.