8Petros [$ rm -rv /capitalism/*]<p>Something seemingly obvious I was missing for years, and now I am looking for explanation.</p><p>An archetypical scene from a <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=WesternMovie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMovie</span></a> is, when a <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=BountyHunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BountyHunter</span></a> delivers a heap of (ususally dead) villains to a local <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=sheriff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sheriff</span></a>, claiming huge amount of money as promised by publicly distributed wanted posters.</p><p>Now, I am curious about the economics behind that system. The <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=OldWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldWest</span></a> was running rather slow <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=circulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circulation</span></a>, and local reserves of cash were small. A public bounty posters, accumulated in any given sheriff's office, if cashed <i>en masse</i>, would easily kill local bank liquidity. On the other hand, waiting for a train or wagon to bring more money was probably not practical for a hunter who just killed someone with friends in the heigbourhood.<br>So, any of you <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> buffs can explain how it worked in reality?</p>