One of the things I used to do was to have some extra "savings" in various value goods that aren't particularly affected by inflation; a decent rifle I didn't care about, a couple cases of common ammo, etc.
The idea being that $1000 cash under the mattress or in a savings account might easily go from being a month's somewhat frugal expenses (rent, utilities, gas and groceries, without having to go to beans, rice and ramen) to barely getting through a few days in the timeframe of typical emergency saving, (How often do you reevaluate what your emergency savings would actually cover if all income ceased today? Most people who actually have an emergency fund seem to set it at x months of current expenses, and once they hit that, never check the numbers again unless a major expense changes significantly in a short period, like rent going up 20% at renewal or moving from a $500/mo rental to a $1200/mo mortgage.) even without hyperinflation, while a good rifle would still trade for a slightly above beater level car regardless of what the cash value of either is at the moment, or cover a small medical bill, (doc knows guns, and even if he doesn't want what you've got, knows what he can trade it for that he does want) or can be pawned for some "right now" cash.
Most of that was sold during the divorce, but I would like to build it back up once I have the cash savings rebuilt. It also has the advantage of being able to watch for a killer deal; that $1,000 rifle bought for $500 because someone needed cash still trades as a $1000 rifle, and may be a $1500 rifle after a few years of inflation and/or changes in gun control legislation. Just look at ammo prices over the last decade or two, and you could almost be tempted to become a day trader in cases of 9mm, .22LR and .223.
