If yr sitting on large amounts of Black money in large denomination notes, which loads of EU people are, especially in Club Med areas…you ain’t gonna take ’em down the bank to change into smaller notes, as they will have to report you, yr gonna buy Gold/Silver and not worry about the price, because otherwise you lose it all.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-05/sweden-begins-5-year-countdown-until-it-eliminates-all-cash