$1 invested in Inflation bonds would have a bond value of $1.51 today
https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/2000?amount=1
$1 invested in Gold in 2000 would have a value of $6.84
$1 invested in S&P500 with divdidends revinvested and no taxes would be $3.70
So the idea that gold tracks the official inflation rate in any way shape or form is wrong. This can be for 2 reasons: 1) Inflation gauge mistakes costs or 2) Gold is undergoing market forces in supply demand that cause it to value differently than inflation.
To hold $100,000 in gold requires a couple of one ounce gold tubes 2 3/4 inches by 1 1/2 inches. It is very portable, which is why individuals with gold coins were able to evacuate Europe prior to WWII:
From the United States Holocaust Museum:
The 1924 US quota law set a limit of 25,957 immigration visas for people born in Germany. In 1933, the State Department issued visas to only 1,241 Germans. Although 82,787 people were on the German waiting list for a US visa, most did not have enough money to qualify for immigration.
This was due to the massive inflation and following devastation of the German Stock market following the Reichmark debacle. Most Germans did not have enough gold to leave the country. Only individuals with gold holdings got to leave.
I worked with a man whose parents bought his freedom from Vietnam by paying for it with all the gold they had in 1975 when he was 11 years old. He was boat lifted to an island, where he was adopted by a Swiss man who spoke French as he did. He was raised in Switzerland, moved to Canada for University in IT and moved to America. He saved all his money to age 25 and paid for Canadian sponsorship for his sister to move to Canada with him. After another 10 years they sponsored their parent to come to Canada, where they lived in their retirement. This was all only possible because his father, who was a doctor in 1974 had saved money in gold and had a secret holding spot that he used to buy a spot on a boat in gold, the only way to get a spot on the boats. In 1975 the Communists decided his father was not to be a doctor and assigned him as a bus driver and took all money from his bank accounts, took his house and moved him to a government apartment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_boat_people
Gold at worst is an asset with different return characteristics that are not tied to the stock market, real estate or bonds. It is universally accepted and in times of crisis is one of the most valuable of assets. It increased in price by 60% during the great depression in the United States. If we continue to be able to live the lucky lives we have in the US, as opposed to many countries around the world where amount of gold you had determines your fate then at worst it would be an underperforming asset.
$100,000 in gold would pay for life for quite a while in a place like Thailand where $400 a month in rent is a quite livable spot with internet electricity and water, on a budget you can go as low as $150:
Here is a video on picking apartments by a charming English woman in Chang Mai Thailand, one of Trip Advisors 25 best destinations in the world:
https://tastythailand.com/how-much-does-an-apartment-in-chiang-mai-cost-per-month-2018/
Remember that in 1912 the cultural, financial and one of the richest cities of the world was Berlin Germany, while many spots in America could be lived in for a fraction of the cost.