The Future Of Silver?

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I believe that the dollar will collapse like every other fiat currency. Then I believe we will have a breif period where cash is king. Then a period of straight bartering. This bartering will lead to silver being used as money again. Straight bartering isn't efficient in the market place. If I want your vegetables and I have liquor to trade, but you don't want my booze, we will need to find some medium of exchange.

This is where silver will come into play. Yes, a tiny percentage of the population holds silver now. But it will disperse rather quickly when dollars become worthless.

For example, I live in an apartment, so I can't grow much food. I could go to a local farmer and buy some food with silver. Just how I see this experiment with global fiat currencies unwinding..

Maybe I am over-estimating how much is out there. Didn't the United States us silver as the main form of currency before the creation of the Fed? The population has grown a lot since then, but there has also been more mined. Of course, if there isn't much silver out there than the stuff we have would be worth more in this scenario.

So do ever see silver being used as money again?

That is why I believe some hard money will make its return. I don't believe the laws of economics can be suspended forever. Who knows though? People have been saying that for decades.