Economy
When postage stamps became emergency cash
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During massive historical metal shortages, nobody had the coins needed to ride a bus or buy a newspaper. Desperate citizens simply began passing around slightly sticky postage stamps in small metal capsules. The government eventually gave up fighting it and just printed thicker, non-sticky stamps, cementing a deeply absurd era where mail literally became the only valid way to buy bread.
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