barter

  1. To Smoke or Not to Smoke: The Cigarette Economy in Postwar Germany, 1945–48

    Interesting read. To Smoke or Not to Smoke: The Cigarette Economy in Postwar Germany, 1945–48 During the three years after World War II, Germans—facing a ruined economy and wildly depreciating currency—turned to cigarettes as a medium of exchange on a massive scale. Allied occupation...
  2. PM's as currency

    Not 100% sure this is the right section, but reading the description for the "PM's" and "Silver" sections, not sure those were 100% right either. So please move if there is a better section for it. I occasionally post on the odd survival/prepper forum here and there, and often talk turns to...
  3. Review: Open Currency Standard

    Saw these people exhibiting at the State GOP convention last week. They were selling copper and silver rounds from various private mints: http://www.opencurrency.com/ They are creating a marketplace for barter / commerce using metals. I don't know a whole lot about them right now - I need to...
  4. PM Barter

    Just curious on how you guys approach this... I have rarely bartered for PMs. But, once I cut down a tree for an old metal detecting / coin collecting friend of mine (actually father of a friend) and he paid me in good quality "junk" silver. I didn't ask for anything, but he insisted...
  5. Greece's barter economy - a sign of things to come?

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/16/greece-on-breadline-cashless-currency?newsfeed=true Clearly, such a terrorist network needs to be shut down by the internet police. /sarc
  6. Eastern europeans steal chewing gum for currency

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8855271/Eastern-europeans-steal-chewing-gum-for-currency.html :shrug: This is not "tradition".
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