Everyone has their individual circumstances. There are very valid reasons to own a spectrum of precious metal related products. Try moving to another continent with 10 100oz. silver bricks. It ain't easy, trust me. There are people that will never need to move, or flee or sell. For people who have an acreage and can bury their shiny, or people who have that 1000 lb. safe, it's less risky holding a lot of bullion. For people that only have a little bit of bullion, is uneconomical buying a big safe.

It all depends on YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT, don't just listen to the one in these forums who say "if it's not in your hands you don't own it" as the end all be all of precious metals investing. That's short sighted, limiting, and quite frankly stupid advice when blanketed on tens of thousands of viewers.