Let’s say you did a lot of work for someone, and they offered as payment a limited series art print by a very famous contemporary artist - numbered and signed by the artist. There are only 50 of these prints in existence. You see it as an investment, and you accept.
The artist, though, overspends what he makes (think US government) and needs more money. So he decides to print many more of this same print, sign them and sell them. He prints so many that you can see them in bars, restaurants, even sold on a home shopping network.
How much is your print now worth? If you were trying to use this print as barter to purchase something you need, could you purchase as much with it AFTER the many additional prints were distributed as you could before?
Let’s say you are a coke/meth addict and you father is the President...