I think the main reason food isn't used as a store of value is because it goes bad really quickly.
I guess that would be the biggest problem with this idea.
Other than that, as markj113 said, you will really have a hard time with that 3 notes feed a person a day thing.
Probably looking into astronaut food is the best direction for something like this.
Topic: Edible Currency - page 2. (Read 481 times)
It's already happening in Venezuela. I believe they use toilet rolls as a currency as well.
Of course tobacco is a traditional currency in prisons.
Of course tobacco is a traditional currency in prisons.
The important thing is to have a thin currency that last really long
This could possibly be the stupidest idea I have read this year 
Average woman needs 2000 calories a day.
2000 / 3 "notes" = 666 calories in something paper thin the size of a mobile phone. Try squashing 1 1/2 chocolate bars down to that size and thickness.
one piece worth up to $5 so thats $15 a day or $60 a day for a family of 4, sure you can eat better for that than actually eating the notes
Average woman needs 2000 calories a day.
2000 / 3 "notes" = 666 calories in something paper thin the size of a mobile phone. Try squashing 1 1/2 chocolate bars down to that size and thickness.
one piece worth up to $5 so thats $15 a day or $60 a day for a family of 4, sure you can eat better for that than actually eating the notes
Just to know what fellow members think about this.
The idea is to have some type of currency as replacement if/when paper currencies are outlawed by governments OR have something that serves as currency in crisis areas.
1 or 3 pieces of the currency could for example be used to buy Apples, Noodles, Spoons, Radio, Walkie-talkie, or Water.
Anyone could create the physical currency but it has to meet these standards:
* Must be Edible.
* should be stress resistant
* Packed with essential nutrients (important vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and protein)
* Could be the size of a phone and as thin as a debit card.
* A piece could be worth 2—5 dollars
* Three pieces should sustain a humanbeing per day (1 piece in the morning, 1 piece in the afternoon and a piece at night)
* Could have different flavors, ingredients and nutritional values.
* Must last very long (as long as 5—20yrs) and still be healthy to eat
* Must be sealed in clean sheet.
* Special equipment could be built to test for quality or for quality control
✴ It is important to have a thin edible currency otherwise it won't work as a currency very much and it's important it last very long.
The idea is to have some type of currency as replacement if/when paper currencies are outlawed by governments OR have something that serves as currency in crisis areas.
1 or 3 pieces of the currency could for example be used to buy Apples, Noodles, Spoons, Radio, Walkie-talkie, or Water.
Anyone could create the physical currency but it has to meet these standards:
* Must be Edible.
* should be stress resistant
* Packed with essential nutrients (important vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and protein)
* Could be the size of a phone and as thin as a debit card.
* A piece could be worth 2—5 dollars
* Three pieces should sustain a humanbeing per day (1 piece in the morning, 1 piece in the afternoon and a piece at night)
* Could have different flavors, ingredients and nutritional values.
* Must last very long (as long as 5—20yrs) and still be healthy to eat
* Must be sealed in clean sheet.
* Special equipment could be built to test for quality or for quality control
✴ It is important to have a thin edible currency otherwise it won't work as a currency very much and it's important it last very long.
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