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Baby_Hippos_Swimming t1_iydhqi1 wrote

This might sound nuts but gold and silver might be better. It's not a perfect solution obviously but metals are a little more likely to survive a house fire than paper.

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arkie87 t1_iydip3o wrote

paper is flammable. gold isnt. doesn't even oxidize and would have to be like 1000C to melt, and even then, its still usable.

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Baby_Hippos_Swimming t1_iydj7yp wrote

Yeah he ought to start converting that cash to gold. If he doesn't trust banks I can't think of a better solution than precious metals.

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boo_boo_kitty_fuckk t1_iyds1kg wrote

This is what I came to say. Honestly, if he's in the "banks are bad" mindset, he's probably open to precious metals as an alternative.

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