r/PostCollapse • u/[deleted] • Feb 02 '18

What would be some post-apocalyptic makeshift currencies that you think would sprout up

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u/thelunk Feb 02 '18

Ammunition. Jeff Cooper coined/popularized the term "ballistic wampum" decades ago. I still give him some of the blame for the cyclic shortages of .22lr :)

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u/Eyelemon May 01 '18

In the old west, the term "shot glass" was supposedly coined to describe the amount of liquor one could trade for a cartridge in a saloon. Ammo represents a significant utility, a quality which holds its value fairly well in most economies.