[HoE] Currency

["Richard A. Ranallo" <toadpooka@usa.net>]

<<1 Junkyard dollar equals 1/10 of a gallon of spook juice (or something like
   that).>>
Yes, yes, 1/10 of a spook juice gallon is a very good unit of measure, if
everything goes well...*crosses fingers and waits for Iron Oasis*

<< The problem in HOE is that there isn't any agency capable of doing this. As
   HOE is written even Junkyard's resources are not that great. And even if they
   could, would you in Wyoming take Junkyard dollar?>>
There isn't a "Westwide" agency that can back currency, but a large town can
have it's own, and the Combine might issue currency at some point (looks good
for trying to rebuild the country).
Say a big town has a line in front of the gate, a la Bartertown.  You get up
there, and a big fat guy asks, "What've you got to trade?" If you've got salvage
that the town government is interested in, they give you BarterBucks™ (come up
with a better name if you want...no, PLEASE come up with a better name) based
roughly on the prices listed in the books.  Inside, you can barter or use
BarterBucks™ for stuff.  When you leave, you spend what you've got at the flea
markets and get out.

-- 
From Whom It May Concern,
Richard Ranallo, The Man They Couldn't Hang

Your money talks, but my genius walks
Morticians wait with a shovel and a fork
As detectives trace my hands with chalk
Your money talks but my genius walks.
--They Might Be Giants, "You'll Miss Me"