Lieutenant, have you ever studied the history of money? . . . It became obsolete with the invention of matter synthesis.— Kelly Grayson to John LaMarr[1]
Currency, or money, was a medium of exchange used to facilitate transactions for goods or services. Money was a common feature of resource-scarce economies, but post-scarcity civilizations such as the Planetary Union tended to transition to a currency-free economy.
On Earth, money became obsolete with the invention of matter synthesis, a form of technology commonplace in the Union.[2]
Types of currencies
- Dollar: Historically used by humans[3] during the period known as Old Earth.[2]
- Dracha: Used by the Alibar[4]
- Lod: Used by the Sarguns.[5]