My wife and I entered a bank to make a withdrawal and saw all of the cash drawers were open with empty money dividers on the counters.  We asked the employees what was going on and they replied "There isn't any money left...they've taken it all." (meaning that there was a run on the bank).  Then we turned to look outside and saw several panicked people out by a bus stop bench frantically searching in the grass and weeds.  We asked the bankers what they were doing.  They told us that they were trying to find coins that had fallen out of the pockets of those that had sat at the bench.  My wife and I where shocked at the sight, but had a feeling of relief that we had a reserve of gold and silver coins.