Hypothetically speaking bullion, if hyperinflation occurs and the value of the dollar becomes worthless, is it feasible to trade sterling silver jewelry as monetary value, as opposed to pure silver? I ask because it seems you could have smaller increments of "value" with sterling silver. For example, rather than trading on entire pure silver coin for food I could simply break in half a necklace to have more "exact change", without having to worry about getting equal change back so to speak. Would this be acceptable?
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The vast majority of the cost of silver jewelry is labour: the value of silver in the item is not very much. You get more value for money using ingots.