pruwyben to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoWhat would happen if dead leaves suddenly became the most valuable currency in the world?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down116
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen if dead leaves suddenly became the most valuable currency in the world?pruwyben to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-210 days agoIt has already happened Tea bricks were the preferred form of currency over metallic coins for the nomads of Mongolia and Siberia. The tea could not only be used as money and eaten as food in times of hunger but also brewed as allegedly beneficial medicine for treating coughs and colds. Until World War II, tea bricks were still used as a form of edible currency in Siberia Money can be anything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
It has already happened
Tea bricks were the preferred form of currency over metallic coins for the nomads of Mongolia and Siberia. The tea could not only be used as money and eaten as food in times of hunger but also brewed as allegedly beneficial medicine for treating coughs and colds. Until World War II, tea bricks were still used as a form of edible currency in Siberia
Money can be anything.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania