>>14The purchasing power of gold remains constant though. One ounce of gold will buy what it was able to buy 50 years ago. Even though your gold will be traded for worthless inflated dollars, the amount given will be able to buy whatever an ounce of gold was once able to buy, even accounting for hyperinflation. However, if you just hoard a bunch of 100 dollar bills, well, there's no telling how useless it will be in the future. $100 cannot buy what it used to.