Post Apocalyptic Currency

[RamirezDoEverything]

There wouldn't be any currnecy, simply because there would be no government to back up the currency. Ex: USD=US treasurey

Bartering would take place, ex: "I will give you X gallon(s) of gasoline for X bag(s) of apples."

 

[ninjajoeman]

Do I win?
I mean I really trust that graph with no data points that someone made in MS Paint.

None genetically modified? How do they expect it to survive the irradiated soil, or the cold nights, or the droughts that'll scour the land?

Where's my mutant carrot??

Back to the topic, barter system will be the best solution until some sort of society emerges from the waste.

coincidentally I went on youtube to say something close to that before you posted this...weird

I've never seen us two together in the same room at the same time...maybe we are the same person?

Business proposal: We get together and sell GM seeds. We could take over this very niche market.
We could call it apoclypti-yum!

Oh I was thinking about harbouring an army of mutant vegetables...but I guess profit is profit.

 

[CrakaG]

Basic trade of supplies also labor and prostitoution of course also and bottle caps would be ideal cuz they would be durable hard to counterfit unfourtunatly back in the fallout times the only used bottled sodas now days there aint enough caps to make them currency but medal coins seems practical since its simaler and there made of useful medals so yeah most likely just coins

 

[Zeema]

Barter System most Likely

Trading Pots for Nades

 

[Cheesus333]

I guess that, for a time, there'd be no official trading system other than what people independentally estimated their tradeable possessions to be worth. After people realised that this was a bad and unreliable method, they'd probably do it like the first civilizations and trade little bits of metal, which would eventually become rounded coins.

...At a guess. With advanced technology and a few thousand years of social advancement thrown in to the mix, it might get a little more complicated than just starting the currency again from square one.

 

[UmJammerSully]

Something simple and common, but not too useful. I hate to say that bottle caps make the most sense but they do.

The rationale behind the use of Nuka-Cola caps in Fallout 1 and 3 is that they couldn't be easily counterfeited; the technology to make a ridged piece of metal like that dropped out of existence after the war. In Fallout 1, the merchants of the Hub back the value of the caps; in Fallout 3, it's never explicitly stated but it is strongly implied that caps are backed by the Canterbury Commons merchant cabal.

Also, just a thought: The nuclear holocaust in the Fallout series happens during the 50's or 60's, right? Pretty sure bottle caps were a lot more plentiful back then. It's all plastic bottles these days.

 

[Wesley Brannock]

I'll admit a bottle cap currency sounds cool but thats not to realistic ( considering it would need some kind of backer like from a person with a natural resource / vital service for survival ). The most likely outcome would be a barter system.