for those of us that remember the late 70's and early 80's, you'll remember that "physical gold" became exceedingly valuable very quickly and many of the "gold exchange" houses that issued certificates that told you that your gold was being held in a vault somewhere went BK...leaving those who did'nt actually have gold on hand with nothing...

my question is:

assuming the whole system collapsed. how much physical gold could you actually put your hands on today if you needed to?

personally, as of today, i bet i could'nt lay my hands on more than a pound of gold at this time....i'm guessing this is pretty common.