There have been plenty of stories of hollow gold bars and, true or not, they've been trending again lately.

Gold hasn't always or everywhere been real money, I've personally worked on an archeology site where I sifted out a tiny shell bead with an even tinier hole punched in it so it could attached to a string like ancient Chinese coins and so on.

I once read a claim that J.P. Morgan said something like money is only worth the character of the person who wields it.

I feel more like interactions with other people are more precious than precious metals.

If the dollar hyperinflates, some people will go into bunkers. I'd maybe starve or hide... I don't have a plan, I'm way behind on stuff as it is.