Only physical gold and silver are real money. Physical gold and silver could be insurance that can protect you and your loved family under any adverse circumstances. History shows that all empires, nations, regimes with fatal debt levels eventually resort to the desperate call to devaluing their currency in an effort to counterfeit their way out of a debt crisis. The end result of such currency devaluation is always the same. Tragic! Gold Banks is a good information center for buying and keeping physical gold.