At some point the gold silver ratio will catch back up to it's more historical norms but since 1980 gold has definitely been the way better investment.
I have over $1,000 face in half dollars like $350 of it are Franklins, $500 are walkers, and $150 in kennedys technically both coin & bullion but none of them are rare as far as I know. I'm more into old 90% coins for their fractional silver content and that they were historically already used as legal tender and universally recognied.
In the shit hits the fan need to barter world I will definitely have to tell people "any coin minted before 1965 that is a dime, quarter, or half-dollar were made of 90% silver and each $1 face contains .715 ozt silver on average" but I would imagine that will come in handy at the farmers market. I fully realize at my age and with my leg you either need to have a skill people need, resources people need, or money to exchange and I definitely fit into that latter camp.