Sweetie, you can’t eat gold during a collapse.
Even a roll of toilet paper might be more valuable to someone looking to swap beef or a couple of chickens for a few rolls of TP.
While TP and Spam may have value during an economic collapse, so will gold. It is not an either/or proposition.
TP and Spam will likely be traded by the masses; gold by those behind secure compounds. Both have a role to play and both will be valuable.