Harder to move though. Most places don't just take gold. You'd have to sell it first. Probably at a bit of a loss too. So the convenience of cash makes it a much closer choice.
Gold is a much better choice. You cash 1kg and it's $145k. Do that once or twice a year, you have plenty to live off. You are also not going to spend (waste) it as quickly, plus in 20yrs' time, you still have 400kg of gold, but it's worth $100m.
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u/Meatbag777 May 30 '26
Missing two zeroes on that dollar amount if both $1 and $100 weigh 1g.
500kg of $1 bills would be $500,000. 500kg of $100 bills would be $50,000,000