Top 10 Post Apocalyptic Currencies More Valuable Than Gold

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2. Some other replacements for gold would be: silver due to its health benefits (e.g. drop a silver coin in your milk for its antibacterial benefits), trade craft services, bullets (not necessarily to be used; analogous to cigarettes traded in prison), and fuel of various sorts especially for the very robust and versatile diesel engines.
   
   I disagree with children. People in very poor countries and regions tend to reproduce a lot, so trading children doesn't seem to make sense due to their invaluable nature. Child bearing becomes more dangerous, but it will still continue. And, especially for extreme circumstances during an apocalypse, children will become a liability.
3. my list
   1. Drugs
   2. Booze
   3. Slaves
   4. Medicine
   5. Food
   6. Weapons
   7. Books
   8. Seeds
   9. Shoes
   10. Porn
4. Candles...I recommend this new invention called the "flashlight."
5. What about water, or kettles to boil water surely they would be immensely valuable or don't people need to drink in the apocalyptic future?
6. 1. women
7. You only missed one and a very big one at that - clean water. In a post apocalyptic world clean water (germ free, heavy metal free and non-radioactive) would be considered liquid gold or more likely platinum. Anyone who has a large supply of clean water and can defend it will be rich.
8. BOTTLECAPS
9. fresh water , horses , bicycles, cook, nurse, farmer,vet,
10. So everyone is a little mad that gas, bullets, water and bottle caps didn't make it on to the list. But what about TOILET PAPER?!
11. Live on the coast in luck. Screwed if your inland
12. This guy is like a cracked out Mr. Clean
13. honey and bees are viable assuming there are flowers to pollinate post apocalypse. if the flowers die out, so will the bees and eventually the supply of honey will run out.
14. nice vedio
    but i think that seeds,honey,sugar and salt are in the same category ,since they have the same importence .
    i love that shoos are importent and i never think in it before.
15. Water, oil, clothes, cattle
16. +1 if you live in Calgary and got the reference
17. youre best video ever.
18. You forgot mention bottlecaps :p
19. How do you not have more subscribers
20. Books can also protect from nuclear radiation!! Win-win!