How is the galaxy spanning republican credit that gives you access to products on potentially untold thousands of planets weaker and less desirable than some local currency on a backwater planet?
It's like a Zimbabwean turning down US dollars for his own local currency.
This is what I remember learning at school. The Black Death reduced population, which increased the ability of the surviving peasants to barter for better wages.
Got some fancy baguettes and deluxe posh hot dogs for me tea later. I'm going to do a few fried to a crisp onions to go on them. Bit of American mustard. Could be special. Excited!