jrog,
The only two ways a currency crises would affect cards, as far as I can tell, are as follows:
1) The dollar is valued so low, against foreign currencies, that it makes it VERY expensive to buy cards from people in foreign countries. To me, that isn't a very big deal because I don't currently buy ANY cards from people in foreign countries nor do I sell cards to those people (how many cards do YOU currently buy from people in foreign countries?) Now, gold coins might be a different matter.
2) Hyperinflation hits and we have to use wheelbarrows to carry our money to the grocery store (like I think happened in Germany between the wars). Then EVERYBODY would be in trouble because we would be trying to buy stuff as quickly as possible BEFORE our currency became less valuable.
In short, I am not worried about the currency, as far as it relates to cards. Nor am I out buying gold. 1) Because it might NOT hit $2,000 dollars an ounce and 2) hoarding gold takes up space and is dnagerous if other people find out you own it. It is also not good to hold onto or be near by if a nucular weapon explodes because gold holds radiation. That is the premise behind the attack on Fort Knox in Goldfinger.
David
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