Introduction

Suggesting that hyperinflation may be in our future, and that it is a danger we must prepare for, surprises many investors. Despite the unprecedented creation of trillions of dollars, euros and pounds by the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England, most economists and financial advisors are not warning us about the threat of inflation, let alone hyperinflation. Then again, neither did they warn us about the housing crisis and the Great Recession it triggered. In fact, most of them predicted that the crisis would be restricted to subprime mortgages, that it would be over in a year, and that employment would bounce back starting in 2009.

This article shows why I believe that inflation is currently higher than the official CPI and why it is going to rise far higher within the next several years. Will this period of central banks printing money to finance enormous and rising sovereign debt in the US and throughout the world result in hyperinflation or in just years of double-digit (10-20%) inflation? I think hyperinflation is the more likely outcome. Either way, you can use a similar investment strategy to avoid serious losses and take advantage of substantial profit opportunities.

That investment strategy is based on owning European and American pre-1934 gold and silver coins. Before we get into the question of hyperinflation itself, let's talk about gold as a measure of inflation and the current bull market in gold...(Click Here to Read More)