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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 7950469, member: 20480&quot;]Most people fail to recognize that, while barter would be the primary mode of exchange in a post-apocalyptic world, a store of value is still necessary.&nbsp; Money exists to address that need.</p><p><br /></p><p>Harkening back to primitive times and needs, useful exchanges would involve the following, and more:</p><ul> <li>Livestock</li> <li>Fish<br /> </li> <li>Garden produce</li> <li>Arable land</li> <li>Water<br /> </li> <li>Weapons</li> <li>Tools<br /> </li> <li>Firewood &amp; fire<br /> </li> <li>Cotton / wool / fur<br /> </li> <li>Shelter</li> <li>Traps</li> </ul><p>It would be unusual for anyone to be completely self-reliant because, absent the efficiencies of today&#039;s modern conveniences, all tasks would take more time and energy than we individually would have.&nbsp; Out of necessity, we would likely all become specialists in meeting everyone else&#039;s needs of one kind or another.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our supplies and productive times of the year likely would not match up with those producing what we wish to barter our product for.&nbsp; Therefore, a way would be needed to store the value of what we would produce in November to acquire what won&#039;t be available until June.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not only would money be needed to bridge the gaps in availability of goods to be exchanged, but also to accumulate value over time to bridge differences in value. Three years worth of garden produce for a plot of land, as one example.&nbsp; Further, money facilitates the giving of change back in order to make trades equitable . . . A hatchet for a basket of fish and some money back in change, for another example.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my understanding of the need for, and the undocumented genesis of money, in whatever form.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think it matters whether we&#039;re talking about a post-apocalyptic world, or post fiat-collapse, the need remains for a store of value that is trusted, convenient and securable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether coins, seashells, gold dust, buttons or bear claws, some widely accepted and compact (thus easy to protect) store of value . . . money is necessary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the fact that mankind has longest and most universally honored silver as money, I suspect that Mercury Dimes and the like have a leg up on most other candidates.&nbsp; I cannot even think of a close-running second.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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