I'm not holding gold, I'm holding silver... It's customary where I'm from to give silver to all children for nest egg when they grow adults. My parents were not quite traditional, so they also gave me bank stocks, that I did sell for profit before the financial system collapsed here.
It wouldn't make sense to hold pure gold as it would be almost impossible to touch as it is soft like cotton candy.
Even almost pure silver is usually stored in vacuum plastic capsules because it can fade. I used electrolyte soaked aluminium foil strips to clean my silver ring.