selling gold after shtf

What exactly are you going to do with a bunch of gold and silver post-SHTF? Say I have something you want. You offer me a silver coin? Half a coin? Six and a half coins? How do I know it's real silver or even 50% silver? Do we all have to get scales and chemical analysis kits? How...

Like many here I've been a gold bug for years, and have kept the lions share of my savings in gold and silver, and at current prices I've done quite well for myself. But when I was looking at my reserves the other day I got to thinking, just who will want this shiny metal when the SHTF? I know...