CD, The idea of there not being enough money is an interesting one. I'm not sure we can say that there won't be enough silver. There won't be enough for people to continue the lifestyles they now have, but there will be enough for a simpler and perhaps better way of life for most people. The silver issue is a supply and demand issue. If people eat steak every day and there is a decrease in the number of steers being bred, the price of steak goes up and people eat less of it. Its the same with money. The price of it will go up and fewer people will use it for exchange as often. Remember increasing rates of exchange can tend to be associated with rising prices as increased money supplies are assocaited with increased uses and therefore increased transactions. James Dines is correct, ultimately we will see the same ending to every hyperinflationary period and deflationary collapse where money becomes very, very valuable and things money buys become much cheaper in relation. One thing is for sure, there will come a time when anything that can be used as money will be very, very valuable, almost revered. Bull