Interesting, so You would say precious metals are just being hyped by retailers and the concerns about currency devaluation/inflation are overrated? You could be right but some of their arguments are very compelling.

Eg. In 1880, 20 Dollars would buy a weekend stay at a nice hotel, a new suit and a steak dinner. If that 20 dollars was in the form of a 20 dollar gold coin(which could be bought for 20 Dollars in 1880) that same gold coin could buy all three things today and at any other point in time over the last 140 years.

I find it hard to dismiss that argument.