If I bought up like 85% of the quarters in the country. Would quarters become more valuable cuz they'd become so much more rare. ANd if the government made more and i flooded the economy with quarters would they be worth less?? Sorry, I know its stupid but i had to get it off of my chest.
Supply and demand doesn't work that way with currency.. There is no demand for quarters, because there are dimes and nickels still, and it's just currency anyway. What would probably happen is that the older years of the quarters you took will become collector's items and you could sell them on Ebay or something. They still have the same value, but now certain people will pay a little extra for one. "Flooding the market with quarters" doesnt do anything because the quarters were always in your posession, and are now back into the market. It would probably throw off the economy a little bit if the FED had to make more quarters and you put them back out there, but the value would stay the same. When the fed makes more currency, inflation occurs. Inflation bad!
My friends and I were talking a couple of days ago and it turns out that cocaine is worth more than gold weight wise. So cant you basically run a cocaine based economy? (I understand that it is illegal, and the basically columbia is already doing but these stoned thoughts really make you think, utnil you forget them that is)