You have hopes for your IRA or your 401(k) tax-deferred retirement plan. You are not worried about government confiscation.
To explain what’s likely, watch this 7-second cartoon.
Lucy is the government. Charlie Brown is an investor in a tax-deferred retirement program.
Do you want the IRS to know what you own?
How many bullion gold and silver coins do you own?

Kapp's Law will settle this question.
How about some SOLUTIONS to the problem — every time I tell my tax advisor I want my SEP/IRA money out, she says that I'll lose more than 60% of it by the time I pay the taxes, early withdrawl penalties, and the withdrawl of that much money bumps me up into the alternative minimum tax bracket.