I tend to think that in an end of the world type scenario, most of us wouldn't last long against the roaming gangs, so junk silver wouldn't really be that much use to us anyway. Having some kind of skill or ability to grow things would be more useful. But I guess better than nothing, eh? I've taught my kids the dates for US coins so they are always looking for silver. For Japan coins, they know all the junk silver coins because I have them, but the designs have changes so they are much more rare to find in the wild.
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Yeah, skills would definitely be more useful than junk silver. Have your kids found much junk silver in the wild?
This is precisely why I am slowly collecting all of the Foxfire book series. 😄 It has so, so many "old ways" of doing things that have been all but forgotten in the modern era (and of course, YouTube wouldn't be available anymore). And sometimes it's the little things, too, that are worth more for barter. You'd be surprised what you could get in trade for a simple sewing needle once all the stores have been looted. And don't get me started on the usefulness of being able to make your own penicillin...