Top 10 Post Apocalyptic Currencies More Valuable Than Gold
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tht helmet in the thumbnail wasn't it Ant man's ?
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Cocaine.
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How much would one baby but me? Would new borns be worth more or less than 8 year olds?
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bottle caps?
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Also, honey doesnt rot or mold.
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Clean water!??
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Why would gold even have value? Aside from tech uses gold is useless to anyone out in the wastes, why lug around a shiny brick when your ass needs water and food?... I guess it would make a pretty cool paper weight
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Isn't pretty much everything more valuable then gold in an apocalyptic scenario? Gold is only good for two things looking nice and durable conductivity in electronics. Modern electronics won't really exist and when you are constantly fighting just to eat jewelry isn't really important either. So gold is arguably useless in this scenario.
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Ill trade you 1lb of salt for your hot horny wife.
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You do not want to trade ammo so that it can be used against you
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what about cigarettes and bullets? a bit out of touch maybe
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And what about bottle caps?
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Guns, Bullets and Beans(food).
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and bottle caps
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You could have just used scrap as currency. It`s more likely. Or oxygen tanks, if you`re planning to be a dictator in space or a oxygenless environment.
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Who would have thought Books?
It's actually scary how vulnerable our access to knowledge is, if you consider somehow the government shutdown of the internet or some other disruption. Where would we find information then? Books! I'm heading to the second hand book store on my way back from the candle shop. Those Zombies haven't a chance with me. -
Bees make vax too... Vax is used for candles. Candles can be made reusable BTW
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I got tons of shoes, knifes,salt, and I can make candles. I'm going to be some rich ass merchant.
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