How much cash do you keep in the home?

[Anonymous]

Right this moment, my DD has a $50 in her piggy bank and I have $10 in a newly restarted vacation fund, and endless change near our washing machine.

Some of you have me thinking though, and remembering the blackout. Maybe I should up that amount!

[Anonymous]

Another one here with around $2K in a safe.

[Anonymous]

$20

[Anonymous]

Nice try, person who wants to rob my house.

[Anonymous]

We keep about $1000 in bills of varying denominations. The yard guy likes cash! So does my teen.

I inherited 2 small gold bars from my grandfather, who was as close to a prepper as there was in the 1940s & 50s. I could easily fall down the rabbit hole of prepping too, but it conflicts with my Marie Kondo/minimalist side.

[Anonymous]

I have currently 386 in my wallet and 300 in the house . I worry that's not enough incase something awful happens

[Anonymous]

Wow- very little, whatever we happen to have in our wallets. We have plenty in the bank but never thought about keeping cash in the house.

[Anonymous]

In the home - nothing.
In our wallets - combined maybe $300
In the bank - one year of expenses.

[Anonymous]

$0 in wallet.
$0 in checking accounts.

we like to live on the edge.

[Anonymous]

Rarely more than a few hundred in cash at a given time.

We have pounds/euros from previous trips as we travel abroad several times a year but that's different.

[Anonymous]

in my house none. wallet almost none. I didnt have my EZ Pass once on the TR they handed me some piece of paper..oh well. I dont live in Puerto Rico and can't recall ever not being able to get $ out of an ATM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When we lived in California, we were told to be prepared for a week to ten days without electricity and water in case of a big earthquake. So you should keep enough cash in small bill in the house to cover that amount of time. You should also keep some extra hidden in the glove box of your car in case something happens when you're out.

Earthquakes occur without any warning, so it's good to be prepared. Even in a place without the threat of earthquakes, it's good to be prepared in case of any kind of an emergency.

This. I used to live in CA, and like to keep a few hundred on hand. We call it "earthquake money" still, even though we live in VA now. Perhaps we should call it "deracho money"?

[Anonymous]

Whatever change is in DD's 4-5 piggy banks (a variety of star wars characters), $10 in ones for her allowance the next few weeks, and whatever change is in our big change jar (maybe $50?). We also have enough water for at least a week, and food for probably 2-3 weeks. I'll restock the water for winter once we hit mid to late November. We're from up North though and snow doesn't really slow us down, however the rate things close around here is the only reason we stock up a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:not much cash, less than a couple hundred bucks, but nearly a pound of gold coins.

I'm intrigued. I've thought about purchasing gold, in case we get to a point where currency is pointless. What made you decide to purchase them? Where did you purchase the gold coins? How much is each gold coin worth? How do you envision yourself using them?

you can buy on line, or you can go to just about coin store/pawn shop to buy gold coins.

I have Krugerrands and Canadian Maple Leafs. all one ounce probably 12-14 ounces. I have a few American gold pieces. making up the remaining few ounces Rands and Leafs seem to hold value better than american coins

the down side was I purchased back when gold was around 1300 an ounce. so if I sold out now Id loose money. but in an emergency you don't really care about the cash value. you need something and gold talks.

Nice thing is that a tube of 16 Krugerrands weighing one pound has a huge cash value, takes up no space. and god forbid if your house burns down, you now have a one lb gold ingot, still having tremendous value. a $10,000 stack of bills after a house fire, worthless.

I've purchased mine from Cameo Gold in Vienna

[Anonymous]

I'm 8:47

I do have a fire proof safe in the basement which holds my important documents, gold, and a couple pistols and ammo. which are also very nice commodities to have in the event of a natural disaster type of event.