Run away, run away!! I don't consider paper certificates for gold or silver as being worth the paper they are printed on. Unless one can physically HOLD the metals in your hand, it's worthless, IMHO. Over the years I have, bit by bit, acquired a decent amount of silver, which I keep in a safe place... not as an investment, but as a hedge against currency collapse or societal collapse, when paper dollars will only be useful for starting cooking fires.