“Buy for the right reasons.”
I view gold as a safer long-term alternative to inflated paper money. The highest I ever paid was $900, so it would have to drop a lot to get hurt. Is it too late to start? I don’t know, but I don’t think so. That depends on what fiscal foolishness the government does. Do you trust them?
“Might consider getting some fractional gold unless you want to have arguments about chisel placement.”
I would use silver coins for small transactions in a SHTF scenario. But....buy your long-term food, guns and ammo first.