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Commodity Money

Published on May 20, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COMMODITY MONEY

DEFINITION

OBJECTS THAT HAVE VALUE IN THEMSELVES AS WELLAS FOR USE AS MONEY

Commodity money is money whose value comes from a commodity of which it is made.

Gold is an example of commodity money.

items were sometimes used in a metric of perceived value in conjunction to one another, in various commodity valuation or price system economies

commodity money is similar to barter, but is distinguishable from it in having a single recognized unit of exchange.

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More examples are silver, copper, salt, peppercorns, tea, large stones, decorated belts, shells, alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, candy, cocoa beans, cowries