It is very important to draw attention to the fact, that gold bars and coins are very vulnerable due to the softness of the metal. We should be really careful to avoid scratching, damaging, as this may result in a loss of value of 5-6%! This is because damaged gold products are no longer bought by merchants at investment gold prices, only at melting grams price. Fortunately, in the recent years, gold bars have been wrapped in factory foil to reduce the chance of injury. These factory foils should also be taken care of, protected from injuiry and it should not be removed. Removing the foil also causes a loss of value!
Summary: According to the experience of gold investors, it is worth to keep precious metals at home in small quantities as emergency substitute. The physical gold account agreement, opened at the trader, is a good way to buy gold continuously at central rate. The safest and most valuable solution is to place the one half of the additional quantity in a bank safe deposit box and the other half in a foreign custody system.