Bartering, including metal coins which is also technically bartering as the government isn't controlling the supply of metal. And because people weren't glued to their phones or TV's all day or didn't have to commute for hours to and from work, in fact it was enough to only have one person in the household work while the other could take care of the home, there was time to do bartering properly and discuss he price of everything.
Refrigerators and freezers also wasn't invented so women had to visit the general store on a daily basis to buy fresh food items like vegetables, milk and stuff like that, if you didn't have your own cow and garden, which more people had back then.
Bartering, including metal coins which is also technically bartering as the government isn't controlling the supply of metal. And because people weren't glued to their phones or TV's all day or didn't have to commute for hours to and from work, in fact it was enough to only have one person in the household work while the other could take care of the home, there was time to do bartering properly and discuss he price of everything.
Refrigerators and freezers also wasn't invented so women had to visit the general store on a daily basis to buy fresh food items like vegetables, milk and stuff like that, if you didn't have your own cow and garden, which more people had back then.