My mom is buying gold

[Ex Lurker]

$5000, more or less, worth of Dutch guilders. She's a faithful Fox news watcher and I guess all the gold ads have sunk in. In our family it's considered impolite to talk about things like politics, so we don't much. We have a great relationship otherwise, and as far as I'm concerned, she's entitled to her opinions. I just hope she didn't get ripped off completely. She intends to keep them in a safe deposit box at the bank. I didn't have the heart to tell her that if the shit hits the fan bad enough to need the gold, she ain't gonna be getting into that deposit box.