he might have been the mouthpiece
but he was probably "not in charge"
this is why you should not keep money in a bank
and why many here are changing our money into hard assets
before the dollar , which is the cleanest dirty shirt
turns into worthless fiat also
you used to be able to when there were payphones
its also the name of a country song
"here's a quarter , call someone who cares'
most towns of say 30,000 people have a local coin dealer
there are several large bullion dealers on line and many have ebay sites
if you buy on ebay from a named coinshop you can check them out on places like the better business bureau
apmex and jm bullion are well known names
you protect it like any other small sized valuable
hide it , tell only one trusted person that i have something of value i want you to get if i die suddenly and buy a shotgun