What kind of things could a person carry to sell and how if they ever had to forcibly leave?

I read diamonds are worthless second hand.

Solid gold seems legit but not sure if coins or jeweler is best.

I saw something about getting gold chains to trade individual links in a emergency.

Are there any other good tips?

  • jet@hackertalks.com
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    24 hours ago

    Besides the utility of a go bag… having portable wealth can get you into trouble with the police or border crossing agents.

    Civil asset forfeiture is a very real thing at border crossings. If you must take portable wealth have documentation about where it came from a available

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        11 hours ago

        Receipts don’t matter if they (claim to) “suspect” the source of the money used to buy the gold in the first place.

          • halloween_spookster@lemmy.world
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            5 hours ago

            US police (including border agents) are stealing things from citizens. It doesn’t matter if you have bank statements or receipts if you are dealing with someone who will just steal your shit and claim legal immunity.