Have you ever looked into purchasing silver, buy gold coins or other precious metals? If so, you may have come across the United States Gold Bureau. They make it easy to purchase the metals or coins you're looking for and will arrange to have it immediately delivered to you or stored at an independent bank or depository. From what I've learned, it sounds like a great thing and something I'm definitely considering. If I purchase silver, I'm thinking now might be the time to do it since world demand now exceeds annual production. We'll have to see what hubby says...but there's definitely the possibility that we'll look into this more.