Asian friends in the UK, when there is a marriage GOLD is given to the wife (not sure who by, certainly some from the grooms side) and that is hers.
Always.
It's her running away money, her money to help raise her kids if the guy turns out to be waster etc.
Because gold has a high value to portability ratio. And doesn't need access to banks.
Even in Europe, today, most people over 50 had grandparents alive in the war, and a load of them had to run for their lives.
Would be fun to see user defined bitcoin seeds*. Gold can be taken off you by bandits and border guards (often the same people)
Y'all gonne tell me they exist already aren't you :-)