Would you buy precious metals as family heirloom?

It's getting more and more noisy at the food center. It's actually the sound volume from the tv sets placed around the food center. Lucky for me i brought along my head phones. I'm now listening to some soothing music. I can think better this way. Well, i went over to the site that sells gold coins online. After going through the site, i feel like buying a few as long term investment. I believe my kids will be thrilled when they know that i bought it for them next time. Precious metals are the greatest heirloom of all. Do you have any? If not, you may want to check out the link i left here in this post.