CBs are buying gold at the highest pace in half a century. You know, as Bennie told Ron, "It's tradition".
The Fed doesn't own any gold? Seems to me they somehow ended up with the largest hoard of gold in the world. Try taking some from their vaults and get back to me. It's a pretty strong tradition.
American Silver Eagle or USD? Let's see, on the back of the ASE it says "One Ounce Fine Silver One Dollar". One Federal Reserve Paper Dollar or one American Silver Eagle. Even after being hammered for decades, a single ASE is still, as of this post, demanding 30 Dollars.
Yeah, hard to decide, for sure.