There are certain things you can do as an investor of physical gold to keep your gold safe from theft or governmental confiscation. One thing you can do if possible is buy some of your gold with hard cash. The reason for this is if you buy some of your gold with hard cash, there is no paper trail leading to you owning that gold on some unknown database. With the new events of governments hinting of nationalizing banks, the little financial privacy one may have had in the past is rapidly evaporating.

Another thing you can do to keep your gold safe is not to tell every one the amount of gold you have. It’s good to help others by letting them know some of the benefits of investing in physical gold, or even recommending them to dealers, places or websites you purchase from in the past; but telling others how much physical gold you have and how much it is worth may have some unintended consequences. The person may be a trustworthy person, but there is no telling if that person may end up talking about it with the wrong person.

The last thing you can do to keep your gold safe is to keep your gold in a safe. Safes are relatively inexpensive and can really keep your personal items safe. If you do buy a safe it is important that it can be bolted down to something secure like the foundation of a house. It will deter most burglars. The reason it will is the work it would take to unbolt it means a greater risk of getting caught. Keeping your gold safe is an easy process. If you follow some of the things you read here, keeping your gold safe will become an even easier process.