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ETA, really, not a joke. Yes, keep some cash around obviously. But cash is doing nothing but losing value, so I would place a chunk of it in pm's and keep them in the safe.

Just get a money bag to put it in. You can order them online, or any office supply store will have them.

And I agree with putting it into something that earns a return. Only keep enough to cash to cover emergencies and daily use as needed. You're losing money by hoarding it in a safe.

i keep mine in the evelope that the bank gives you. opens from the top and has sticky seal.

Keeping cash in a gun safe is not a good idea. Nothing to do with the fire protection.

My gunsafe is fire resistant to a certain degree and the OP said he had his cash in a small fireproof safe within the gun safe.

I keep some cash in my safe as you never know when you will need some in a hurry. After 911 all the ATM's were empty so I feel its a good idea to keep some cash just incase.

This is the correct answer.

I use "the envelope method" for saving/budgeting for all sorts of small, discretionary things. I label the envelopes and that way have small designated "savings accounts" for things like: weekly budget, gun shows, hobbies, Amazon books, etc.
The way I am with my hobbies, if I tried to keep everything in my checking or savings accounts, I wouldn't be able to keep it straight exactly how much money I could safely spend on discretionary/fun stuff. And in an emergency, I have some cash available that I can "loan myself" for other than designated purposes. In this event, I write myself an i.o.u. and put it in the envelope!
Hey, maybe it sounds crazy, but it works for me!

Carry it around in your wallet all the time. Duh

I have no cash in my safe...and hardly any in my wallet either. I do have some silver tho. I dunno, having a couple hundy in cash might not be a bad idea, but really, in most imaginable hardcore SHTF scenarios, paper $ ain't gonna be worth stank.

I'm not saying... I'm just saying.

Here's my view on silver. In the economic collapse of any civilization since the beginning of time, people never bartered or traded with gold, silver, or any other metal, they used goods and cash. After Katrina, I know people who were offered a wedding ring for a bottle of water and a meal. I personally find investing in metals to be well, in my opinion, not very wise - not judging though.

BINGO on both of the above posts. I'm not against owning gold or silver, I own some silver right now as a short term investment and I've bought and sold well over thousand ounces in the last couple years. Ya I hear the commercials "Gold has never been worth $0!" True and neither has guns and ammunition and I'll dare to wager that guns and ammo will be a much better investment if it all really did hit the fan.

Sorry. I tried and failed to force that saying into that context. Just meant that I agreed exactly with what you said, and that I may or may not have taken exactly the same approach.

Different idea-to consider:
cash is king- I do have some- like every one should -at home.
I live in the boonies 20 miles to the atm/bank that I use

New Idea-diversify
$1 coins- I get some every week at the bank single coins or rolls
30 caliber ammo cans hold the rolls in 3 vertical stacks of 29––-so 87 rolls of $ 25 $2175 in an ammo can 38-39 lbs of coins plus the ammo can

Cash at home for Emergencies-not very easy to "borrow" $20 or a $100 from the stack of $20/100 bills
Mobile enough if shit hits the fan
in a long term emergency that I would have to use cash( job loss- big bills for car repair-mortgage car payment)-go to the bank and turn them in for paper or pay the mortgage payment there
or go make the post office live up their idea that they like the $1 coins and get usps money orders


What say the fire protection specialists on the ammo cans melting with the coins past the ability to turn in damaged coins for new?


Another method/idea with a cash + envelope budget system hybrid.

For my last deployment- I did a run to the post office. I bought usps money orders in the amount of each bill that I had -electric,water,cell, house payment, any recurring credit card minimums, house taxes, several $100/250 one for general use(groceries-fuel) and put the from with my name on the from: and the TO: blank. I separated out the carbon copies and put them away in a separate fireproof box.

Then I had every emergency money need taken care of, and if I needed to use them then I put the payee name in the right place and I was done. If I did need them for something else I took the proper amount one and sent it or just turned it back in to the post office for refund for cash. IF they were stolen/burned up, turn the receipt into the post office and go from there. I think they are good for 1-2 years and they are about $1.25 each- turn them over to new ones every one to two years. I ended up using some for gun broker stuff/EE stuff when I got back.