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      "body": "![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNTar4sxtMPAfTETyezSDTpt2mRLEkgxxXGE9hSoBzNze/image.png)\n\nWe’ve been writing extensively on the war on cash over the past couple of years. Particularly in relation to what is and may be happening in Australia and New Zealand on this front.\n\nIn case you’ve not kept up there’s a selection of recent articles further down the page below. But the overriding theme has been that globally there is a definite trend by governments and central banks to make it harder and harder for people to use cash.\n\nThis week there was some even more surprising news out of Australia.\n\nCalls for Nano Chipping of A$100 Notes\n\nThe leader of the Government task force assigned to crack down on the “black economy” is calling for the nano-chipping of A$100 and possibly even A$50 notes.\n\nSpeaking to The Courier-Mail, Michael Andrew said too much cash was being hoarded under pensioners’ beds and also being taken out of Australia and stockpiled as a trusted currency in China.\n\n“Mr Andrew, a former global head of KPMG and current Board of Taxation chairman, said there should be 14 $100 notes for every adult in Australia but there were fewer than that in circulation.\n\n“You see a lot of Chinese don’t trust their banking system so they like to take Australian dollars back to China,’’ he said.\n\nCrime gangs preferred $50 notes and foreign migrants the $100 note.\n\n\nWill a Nano-Chip be added to the Australian $100 and even $50 notes?\n\n![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWh79Vu6giMTkDTpe1m1qrMFPTfqmUXfb8kppseEKKNdh/image.png) \n\n“I’m working with the Reserve Bank and Austrac to get a better understanding of where our notes are. Clearly there’s a section of this that is organised crime. One of the options we would have is putting an expiry date on these notes. You could put a trace on some of these notes to see where they would go. 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You won’t be able to remove your money if you see troubles coming to your bank in advance.\n\nOf course we understand the convenience factor of using “digital money”. But we must keep in mind what freedom and privacy we lose when every single transaction can be tracked.\n\nWhat to Do About the War on Cash?\n\nAs we’ve also recommended before, if you’re going to stockpile some cash then it is probably advisable to go with lower denomination notes like $20 and $10. As the larger denomination notes will be the first to be cracked down on if (or perhaps rather when) it happens here in New Zealand. Plus were the financial system to freeze up, the lower denomination notes will be better for everyday transactions of food, fuel etc.\n\nSecondly stockpile or hoard some gold or silver bullion. 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      "body": "![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmV9LiKYDUVLZH72sFfcJbVukBPEYm1GQhvkkMsT4FyNzS/image.png)\n\nAn excellent question in this week from reader Dave on what use silver coins would be if a currency collapse were to occur in New Zealand. He writes how he is looking at them as a form of savings just in case they could be used as cash to pay for everyday necessities:\n\n“I’m curious about coins. What is the utility in buying foreign coins – if I want to have a ready source of cash in NZ? (Should bad things happen!) e.g. I want to pay for petrol with Canadian silver coins? Will this work?\n\nPS and does anyone really know?”\n\nThis is a really great question and one we haven’t directly answered anywhere else before. Although we have written about the pros and cons of silver coins versus silver bars here. https://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/nz-gold-coins-and-silver-coins-or-nz-gold-bars-and-silver-coins-which-should-i-buy/\n\nNew Zealand Has Never Seen a Complete Currency Collapse\nTo answer Dave’s P.S. first: “Does anyone really know?” Our answer is “No” – no one can know as we’ve never had a situation in New Zealand of a complete currency collapse. A situation where we’ve needed to use silver to purchase everyday goods.\n\nOf course that doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen.\n\nBut given no direct local historical examples of a currency collapse, all we can do is make a somewhat educated guess.\n\n \n\nWhat Happened Elsewhere During Currency Collapse?\nTherefore probably the next best thing we can do is to look to overseas jurisdictions, where currencies have collapsed.\n\nIn recent examples nations that have experienced currency collapse have virtually always turned to a foreign currency to use instead. Such as in Zimbabwe where the US dollar was mainly used when trust in the Zim dollar was completely lost.\n\nHowever we are likely nearing the end of the US dollars run as global reserve currency. So perhaps relying upon holding US dollars isn’t the best bet either?\n\n![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmavV1V5z13FfUtgk6Smq2ZMa2freVK4yim9EosoXwC6Xe/image.png)\n\nLooking at Zimbabwe we recall reading articles about people panning for gold and exchanging gold for food like this one from 8 years ago: Zimbabwe – gold for bread. https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2009/feb/11/zimbabwe-gold-panning-starvation-food\n\nI found this quote elsewhere from the video since the video is no longer available:\n\n“If you need cooking oil, you need to exchange for gold. If you need soap, you need to exchange for gold. Everything is gold gold..no Zimbabwe dollars.”\nThe shops in Zimbabwe didn’t take paper Zim dollars–only gold.\n\nArticles from later dates than the one above talk more about Zimbabweans using US Dollars. Although as this article below says it took a while for US Dollars to be used widely: Zimbabwe after hyperinflation – In dollars they trust https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21576665-grubby-greenbacks-dear-credit-full-shops-and-empty-factories-dollars-they\n\nSo in the early days it seems like gold would have been used. Probably barter as well. Along with the South African Rand and then mostly the US Dollar.\n\nCurrency Collapse in New Zealand More Likely to be Result of Global Monetary Breakdown\nUS Dollar Crisis\n\nA currency collapse in New Zealand is more likely to be caused by a loss of confidence in the global monetary system.\n\n![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUcRgT213EpbCEJFQLssZqi6NyvwQNGeycqLLV3gxAqtG/image.png)\n\nHowever our guess is that if a currency collapse occurred here in New Zealand it would more likely be as a result of a global collapse in confidence in the world monetary system. Rather than simply as a result of government money printing localised just to New Zealand.\n\nAs alluded to earlier we are likely nearing the end of the US dollars run as global reserve currency. Monetary scholar Edwin Vieira has pointed out that every 30 to 40 years the reigning monetary system fails and has to be retooled.  http://georgewashington2.blogspot.co.nz/2011/08/average-life-expectancy-for-fiat.html It’s now been 46 years since Richard Nixon removed the ability for foreign countries to convert US Dollars in gold.\n\nSo in This Case Gold and Silver Would be the Better Bet to Own Than US Dollars\nSo in the case of a global monetary system breakdown causing a currency collapse in New Zealand, it looks like gold and silver would be the better bet to own than US dollars.\n\nOn to the question then about the utility of buying foreign minted coins such as say Canadian Maple silver coins.\n\nThe main question to try and answer is how widely accepted would they be?\n\nYour first thought may be that most people on the street today wouldn’t even be able to recognise a Canadian silver maple or an American silver eagle 1 oz coin!\n\n\nWell known coins from national mints like the Royal Canadian Mint, US Mint and Perth Mint in Australia, would most likely be more trusted to be authentic and pure in a currency crisis.\n\nHowever in a currency collapse situation where trust in all fiat money evaporated then it would be a fair assumption to make that people would learn in a hurry what various coins looked like. \n\n![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmT7HiE4fUDnDpV2A1JZxYTS8VHYNxGAUhnWowjKYs5m5s/image.png)\n\nWell known coins from national mints like the Royal Canadian Mint, US Mint and Perth Mint in Australia, would most likely be more trusted to be authentic and pure.\n\nOdds are we would also have seen a sharp rise in the number of people buying gold and silver in the lead up. So there would be more knowledge about gold and silver coins than that which exists here currently.\n\nTherefore a Silver Coin From a Well Known Mint Should be a Pretty Good Bet\nSo the popular Canadian Silver Maple 1 oz coin would likely be a good bet.\n\nEven if we never see a full blown currency collapse (a bet we wouldn’t want to take), silver coins will still offer protection from the almost assuredly ongoing devaluation of all currencies.\n\n2016-1oz-kangaroo-silver-bs\nPerth Mint Silver Kangaroos are the best buy currently when looking for a globally recognised silver 1 oz coin.\n\n![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUKsKiXgRtRyVNg5LHM1EbyzVdJG5CyERby1X2KadDHWL/image.png)\n\nBut right now you may also want to consider the Perth Mint Australia Kangaroos. We have an excellent special on a limited number of the 2016 version of these currently.\n\nThe Kangaroos are around $200 cheaper for 500 coins than the silver maples. Odds are these would be just as widely recognised as the maples as well. The Perth Mint is a well known government backed mint globally. It has a high profile globally and is already well known here in New Zealand too.\n\nWith this current deal, when buying 500 Perth Mint Australian Kangaroos, you’re effectively getting almost 8 coins for free in comparison to 500 Canadian maples.\n\nSo while stocks last these Kangaroos are the better buy when looking at silver coins.\n\nGo to our product page to request a quote for these. Minimum order is for 500 coins. NOTE: The Kangaroos won’t actually be listed on there as these are a subscriber only deal. https://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/ask-us-a-question/get-a-quote-for-gold-or-silver/\n\nSo if you’re not already a subscriber of ours then you should be! We feature VIP subscriber only deals like this one for silver Kangaroos that aren’t mentioned anywhere else on the site.\n\nSign up below or go here to learn more. You’ll also get our free ebook “19 Nuggets of Knowledge on Gold and Silver”. https://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/join-our-newsletter/",
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      "body": "![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSh2aiEMiGeB12LkeLFKwZ6R3QoMJKyE1H6V6mmQUbcY9/image.png)\n\nNew Zealand is seen as a safe, low risk, low corruption location, with a stable government. It is therefore seen as an excellent place to buy and store gold and silver. For these reasons we get expats, and also foreign citizens from the USA and Europe, looking to buy and store precious metals in New Zealand.\n\nBut what about for New Zealanders themselves?\n\nShould you also look to store some precious metals offshore and outside of New Zealand too?\n\nIf New Zealand is seen as so safe and stable, is there any need for the average Kiwi to consider offshore gold and silver storage?\n\n \n\n4 Reasons for New Zealanders to Store Gold and Silver Outside of New Zealand\n\nIf we look at the reasons to hold gold and silver offshore, they actually all apply to anyone anywhere in the world. 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So it makes sense to have some assets that your government or creditors can’t reach.\n\nIn a worst case scenario of social unrest. Again this may not seem very likely in little old New Zealand, but should the worst happen and social unrest came about as the result of currency collapse, bank runs, food and electricity shortages. Then you would be glad to have some assets held in another place you could escape to.\n\nTo avoid capital controls. Holding gold and silver offshore could preempt capital controls. Back in March a reader pointed out how pending new financial reporting rules in New Zealand could just be a first early step in capital controls.  https://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/new-financial-reporting-rules-first-step-to-capital-controls-in-new-zealand/ That is the government imposing limits on how much currency can be sent outside of New Zealand borders. The best way to avoid any capital control is to already have capital outside your home country.\n\nSo it makes sense to diversify your political risk. But of course first and foremost make sure you’ve got some gold and silver within “arms reach” at home too. \n\nThe Next Thing to Consider is Where to Store Gold and Silver Outside of New Zealand?\n\nWe’ve identified that the best location for New Zealanders for offshore precious metals storage to be Singapore.\n\nWhy Singapore?\n\n![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYp9dyMEhdKiWp6i5bjUNPzMLjVJeYfXShCW6bV6Y8YQP/image.png)\n\n\nSingapore is our pick for storing precious metals outside of New Zealand\n\nSingapore is one, if not the best place to invest and do business in Asia. Everything is much simpler in Singapore. There is minimal regulation to worry about. It consistently features at the top of the low corruption rates globally. 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Precious metals can be bought from here in New Zealand and storage facilities can also be set up remotely.\n\n“Singapore has many advantages… It’s completely liquid, completely trustworthy, and completely neutral.”\n\n– Jim Rogers\n\nSingapore Precious Metals Exchange is Our Preferred Option for Storage in Singapore\n\nGoldSurvivalGuide has recently become an approved broker for the Singapore Precious Metals Exchange (SGPMX).\n\nWhy Did We Choose SGPMX?\n\n![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUeUFBNSiyKg7WNs6sxk87y4KYaMDQXdf4D9QmFjb9KSY/image.png)\n\nSingapore Precious Metals Exchange (SGPMX) is our preferred storage option outside of New Zealand\n\nSGPMX has some of the lowest cost fully insured allocated & segregated bullion storage you will find globally. For silver a maximum of 0.7% per annum. 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      "body": "Are you at all confused about the difference between NZD and USD gold price (and silver price)?\n\nWe have another question in from a reader this week wanting some clarity on NZ Dollar versus USD Dollar precious metals prices:\n\n\"I am a little confused about the difference between the NZD and USD pricing though. Can you explain how the USD affects the NZD and why the values are different when calculated back to NZD.\n\nWould we be better off buying gold in the US? Or buying with USD? (Still hazy on how either of these would be accomplished)\nMany thanks,\"\n\nLisa\n\nThis is actually a common topic for people to get confused on, so Lisa need not think she is the first.\n\nAlso there is no stupid questions around here! Only those you don’t ask! So if you have a question, no matter how trivial you may think it is, please send it in. \n\nYou can do so here on our contact page. https://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/ask-us-a-question/\n\nWe wrote a post on this very topic of USD gold prices some years ago which still holds true today: https://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/avoid-worrying-about-the-nzdusd-exchange-rate-when-buying-gold/\n\nBut to summarise the main point of the above article is that you should ignore the USD gold price that is commonly quoted in the 6 o’clock news or on the radio.\n\nIf you are based in NZ and buying with NZ dollars then you should track the gold price in NZ dollars.\n\nWhat is the NZ Dollar Gold Price?\n\nIt’s simply the USD gold price converted by the USD/NZD exchange rate. Today that is:\n\nUS$1256.05 / 0.7430 = NZ$1690.51\n\nSo just keep an eye on what the NZD gold price is doing to track where the price is at for any purchases you’ve made in the past.\n\n Track the Gold Price in NZ Dollars When Looking to Buy\n\nBut you should also track the NZ Dollar gold price to identify good places to buy in the future (on the dips as the article above says). You can track that in our charts here. http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/gold-prices/\n\nOr sign up to our daily price alerts which also includes some technical analysis of what is happening in the charts each day. Learn more about what you get in our Daily Price Alert here. https://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/dailypricesalert/\n\nWhat Affects the USD/NZD Exchange Rate?\n\nThe USD/NZD exchange rate is affected by what is going on in each country particularly with interest rates.\n\nWhile the gold price is driven by many separate variables too such as political and economic news. But in the long run the gold price is really a measure of how the global reserve currency, the US Dollar, is being devalued against gold. That is the USD is really falling in value compared to gold, rather than the USD gold price “going up”.\n\nIn the long run the same thing is happening with every other fiat currency on the planet whether that be the NZ Dollar, Swiss Franc or Japanese Yen. They are all losing value against gold. But just at different speeds. So sometimes the gold price might “rise” more in US dollar terms (like it is currently). Compared to in other currencies such as the NZ dollar where gold hasn’t been rising so strongly for the past couple of weeks.\n\n In the Long Run All Currencies are Going Down Against Gold\n\nIn the long run they’re all headed in the same direction. This can be seen in the chart below. The NZD gold price is in black and the USD gold price shown in orange. (Bear in mind the right hand axis is only showing the NZD gold price not the USD gold price). At times they diverge when the USD/NZD exchange rate has a bigger impact on the price. But in the long run both the NZ Dollar and US Dollar have lost value versus gold.\n\nhttps://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170725-USD-Gold-and-NZD-Gold.png\n\nWould You Be Better Off Buying Gold in US Dollars?\n\nAs to Lisa’s question about would you be better off buying gold in US Dollars then?\n\nWell you’d still have to convert your NZD to USD, so the net effect would be the same as just buying gold here in NZ with NZD. (In fact it might be slightly worse as you’d also get stung by the currency transaction fees converting NZD to USD, on top of the exchange rate).\n\nSo to summarise…\n\n \n\nJust Track the Gold and Silver Price in Your Home Countries Currency\n\nAs that is the currency you will use to purchase the gold. It will also likely be the currency you would convert it to if you “spent” or sold your gold.\n\nDon’t forget to get access to our daily price alerts which also includes some technical analysis of what is happening in the charts each day. Learn more about what you get in our Daily Price Alert here. https://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/dailypricesalert/",
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Anyhow the question was:</p>\n<blockquote><em>“Whats your view on the success of the Bitcoin- especially of late and do you think it has a very promising future?</em><br>\n<em>Would you recommend investing in this currency as something reliable as Gold/silver, or do you think it too would eventually get affected by the crisis?”</em></blockquote>\n<p>Here was our reply:We’re certainly taking an interest in Bitcoin. In particular from what we’ve read the blockchain upon which it is based seems to have a lot of potential for decentralising many areas of society – not just money.And certainly it does seem to have woken up lately (a bit like silver really) and has been rising after a long consolidation (again not unlike the precious metals).However it does worry us that banks and central banks have been talking it up a bit of late, and looking to get involved in this space too.Why?Because we’d doubt they would want to keep the decentralised anonymous ledger that exists currently that records transactions and ownership of each bitcoin.Perhaps they have more sinister plans of using it as part of what looks to be an ongoing outlawing of cash? But with a removal of the anonymous part of the blockchain system? A centralised ledger would be perfect to track transactions globally and ensure everyone paid “their fair share”.As far as whether it is as “reliable” as gold and silver, Bitcoin has been around a few years now, whereas gold and silver perhaps a few millennia so it certainly doesn’t have much track record to go on yet.We have written before that perhaps bitcoin or at least the blockchain technology behind it could be used along with gold and silver as an improvement on the existing monetary system.</p>\n<blockquote><em>Multiple currencies – a free market for money?</em><br>\n<em>Here’s our ideal. A free market for money as we discuss in more depth here.&nbsp;</em><a href=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/the-gold-standard-what-do-we-think-about-it/\"><em>The Gold Standard: What Do We Think About it?</em></a><em>In this case virtual currencies may also rise up – ala Bitcoin and others. &nbsp;However we think in a true free market for money it’s likely they would need some tangible backing. So perhaps gold and silver as store of value, unit of account (again goods priced in ounces not dollars), but some technological addition to aid in the means of exchange?Just like any free market, odds are the best currency would become the most popular and rise to the top. Throughout history the best money has been gold and silver. We’re not sure that technology will necessarily change that.</em><a href=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/ifwhen-the-us-dollar-collapses-what-will-gold-be-priced-in/\"><em>Source.</em></a></blockquote>\n<p>And here is a recent article we shared written along similar lines.Chris from Capitalist Exploits comments that&nbsp;we won’t see a return to a gold standard but makes an argument for why gold and Bitcoin may well work together (and rise together) in the future…<a href=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/could-gold-and-bitcoin-work-and-rise-together/\">Could Gold and Bitcoin Work (and Rise) Together?</a>And another one talking about “hard digital currencies” from 2014:<a href=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/mt-goxs-downfall-shows-the-power-of-creative-destruction-erik-voorhees-interview/\">Mt. Gox’s Downfall Shows the Power of Creative Destruction: Erik Voorhees Interview</a>Of course there are others like Mexican Billionaire and silver coin proponent Hugo Salinas Price who is decidedly anti – bitcoin. As he says here:</p>\n<blockquote><a href=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/hugo-salinas-price-when-reality-overthrows-imagination/\"><em>Hugo Salinas Price: When Reality Overthrows Imagination</em></a><em>“All imaginary digital money is imagined to exist exclusively in imaginary banks, where it is registered as supposedly the property of corporations and other imaginary institutions of all sorts, and also, as the property of flesh and blood humans. An awkward fundamental question is “How can something imaginary constitute property?”Such is the mighty hold of imagination upon humans that even the ridiculous imaginary Bitcoin has gained the attention of some otherwise prudent humans. 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      "body": "<html>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>How to Sell Gold and Silver Bullion<img src=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/sell-gold-silver-bullion/\"/></h2>\n<p>Jul 19, 2016 &nbsp;<a href=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/category/nz-articles/\">Latest New Zealand Article</a> <a href=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/sell-gold-silver-bullion/#respond\">&nbsp;0</a></p>\n<h2>How Do I Sell My Gold and Silver Bullion?</h2>\n<p>How do I sell gold and silver bullion? That is a question we’ve been receiving a bit lately. Here is a summary of one question from this week:</p>\n<blockquote><em>Q1: What are the best ways to know when to sell? i.e what’s the best exit stragey for a “mum and dad” novice invester, if precious metals do start to masively increase?Q2: What are the best ways to sell silver/gold if they do rise a lot from here, especially in/from nz with us being so far away…is the answer eBay? Back to a supplier?</em></blockquote>\n<h2>When to Sell Gold and Silver?</h2>\n<p>We’ve actually covered the first question previously in a couple of articles.The below article looks at ways to measure when gold and silver might have reached full valuation by measuring them against other assets.We’ll keep publishing these in the years ahead too. So when buying from us we’ll keep you informed as to how gold is tracking against these other measures anyway. This will help you know when a good time to sell &nbsp;may be. Or rather we should say “spend” your gold on something else.&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>Exit Strategies for When the Time Comes to Sell Gold and Silver</h2>\n<p>Trying to pick a dollar price to sell would be tough, as this will depend on how much fiat currency is created in the coming years. (It seems to us like there may be a whole lot more of it created yet if the central planners carry on as they have done). So a dollar price target today based upon say inflation adjusted past prices and the like could be quite different in a few years time.We discuss 3 possible exit strategies in this article:</p>\n<h2>How to Sell Your Gold &amp; Silver Bullion</h2>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/sell-gold-silver-bullion-bars-or-coins/\">sell your gold/silver </a>back via us to a refiner. See this page for more information:We’ve recently started publishing a “buy back” price in our daily price alert emails too. So you can track just what you’d get for your gold and silver if you sold on a given day. See below for more details on our Daily Price Alert service:You could also try selling on Trademe where you would possibly get a higher price closer to spot or just above. But this also comes with the risk of dealing directly with another party. You also may not be able to sell on on a particular day at a particular price either.Pawn Shops and Gold Buyers Kiosks in malls are the best place to sell your gold and silver.Whereas selling back via us you can track the spot price and sell on any given day.Avoid any of the gold kiosks and pawn shops as these usually give a very low buy back price.Why? Because they then sell it back to the refiners themselves. So they need to make a margin above the price they quote you to cover the cost of their hefty mall rents and still make a profit too.Whereas we’ll connect you directly with a refiner instead. So you’ll get the best price possible.<em>Got any more questions on selling gold and silver?</em> Leave a comment below and we’ll do our best to answer them.&nbsp;</p>\n</html>",
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      "body": "<html>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>Storing Precious Metals: Will Gold &amp; Silver Survive a House Fire?</h2>\n<p>An interesting question from a reader this week on storing precious metals: “Will gold survive a house fire?”This is far from a clear cut yes or no answer and depends upon other factors like how and where the gold is stored in the house.&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>First a couple of facts about storing gold and silver and fires.</h2>\n<p>Golds melting point is at 1064°C. Silvers is at 961.8°C.Whereas the average house fire burns at around 600°C.So at a glance it looks like both silver and gold should survive the “average” house fire.However with some research we also found statistics that said “<a href=\"https://www.aisc.org/DynamicTaxonomyFAQs.aspx?id=1996\">the maximum temperature of a fully developed building fire will rarely exceed 1800°F</a> [982°C]”. So in the right circumstances (available combustibles, ventilation conditions, properties of the compartment enclosure, weather conditions, etc) the maximum temperature a building fire could reach is just above the melt point of silver and getting close to gold.</p>\n<h2>Perhaps the better question is what state your bullion would be in and how easy it would be to find after a fire?</h2>\n<p>There are a number of factors to consider.Gold and silver both have a high melting point that should be higher than just a standard house fire temperature.But if your gold and silver bullion&nbsp;was in some kind of packaging as many coins are, then obviously this would melt and could damage the exterior.Also consider that it may be difficult to dig through the ashes to even find your bullion after a major fire.While your gold and silver may still be “pure” after a fire, if the bullion is damaged then when the time comes to sell you will likely receive less for it. It will need to be refined again and re-cast or -reminted and assayed. So a gold buyer or refiner will likely offer you much less than the prevailing spot price of gold or silver for it because of this.</p>\n<h2>A safe with a fire resistant rating will add further protection.</h2>\n<p>However there is a downside to fire resistant safes. They are much easier to break into.Fire resistant safes are built completely differently. Their walls are made out of light gauge steel with a “fibre mat” filler. Understand this is more about insulation from heat than attack resistance. They also have vents in the back to let heat escape. So all in all they are much easier to break into as they are built to withstand high temperatures not attack.However many attack resistant safes will still provide some protection against fire even when they don’t have a fire rating. There is historical evidence whereby money held inside safes have survived fires in commercial buildings here in New Zealand.So for storage of gold and silver consider attack resistance first, fire rating is secondary, but a bonus if you can get it. Why?Because there is a greater risk of theft than of a house fire.See this article for more on the topic of safes:<a href=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/buying-a-home-safe-for-gold-silver-storage/\">Buying a Home Safe for Gold Silver Storage &nbsp;</a>Also as our reader pointed out, consider what else you have in your safe with your bullion. If you have articles that are combustible at much lower temperatures, then these might contaminate or damage your bullion too.</p>\n<h2>So gold and silver will almost certainly “survive” a house fire.</h2>\n<p>But their condition will depend on how exactly they are stored.Consider a safe for added protection from fire not to mention from theft.Or other storage options with lower risk of fire could include a private vault (<a href=\"http://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/gold-silver-storage/\">see here for more information on them</a>). Or maybe some “midnight gardening”. That is bury it!Whatever you choose there is no 100% foolproof option so it may not be a bad idea to spread your eggs across more than one storage option.&nbsp;</p>\n</html>",
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