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While watching Stalag 17, consider the unconventional form of money that was being used, namely cigarettes. Describe how cigarettes addressed each of the 3 functions of money. What function were cigarettes best and worst at satisfying? Has there ever been a situation where you have used a nonconventional form of money? Use the Radford article to support your position. 

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