Sponsored Content One of the primary reasons why investors like us purchase physical precious metals, aside from inflation protection, is our family legacy’s financial privacy. The right to financial privacy is something that no American should take for granted. The advantage of holding assets that aren’t subject to excessive fees, non-owner access, surveillance, digitization, and potential confiscation is invaluable. Cash stored at a bank is subject to all of the above from either the bank itself or the government. I covered new bank confiscatory loopholes in depositor terms in a previous Epoch Times article titled “Major US Banks Amend Agreement to Freeze Your Money on Bank Failure.” In contrast, non-CUSIP gold and silver coins or bars stored at a privately segregated depository are 100 percent private and accessible only by the owners, beneficiaries, or permitted parties. I have written about CUSIP in an Epoch Times article titled “American Bankers Association Targets …