Even if the current system totally collapses, gold & silver will be used as money by the people, regardless of whether the government formally makes them official currency.

“According to Dr. Tzilla Eshel, “The evidence shows that despite the absence of coins, silver was regularly used as a payment method, stored for future transactions by both institutions and individuals.”

Archaeologists originally thought these silver hoards were jeweler surpluses, raw metal stockpiles, or religious offerings. But evidence indicates the silver served as weight-based currency.”                                                                                                                               https://silverseek.com/article/evidence-shows-silver-and-gold-were-used-much-earlier-originally-thought