Wow. Awesome story right there.
Bottom line is, if you want street currency in case of a societal upheaval or collapse, you want something that 99% of the people that you will encounter need the most. During the era of the Silk Road caravan commerce in imperial China, the most valuable commodities for trade or barter at mercantile outposts when a caravan stops to take on more supplies or rest from a long journey through the desert was succulent fruits and any food item with immediate nutritious value, such as dried wolfberries. (Goji, Lang mei) Many of the caravan guards and animal drovers as well as outpost personnel spend years of their servitude in the dry, hostile, and windswept Takla Makan or Pamir highlands. Gold, silver, and luxurious cloths are of absolute no use to them as they try to survive and keep healthy in the desert environment. Wagons in the caravans that are laden with dried fruits or succulents are often surrounded on all sides by mounted dragoons clad in double layered mail and plate with arrows nocked and bows held ready throughout a long haul. Anyone who tried to attack one of these often ended up with multiple holes through them even before they had completely laid bare their intentions.
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