
Money is a type of commodity that acts as a means of exchange and is standardized to some degree, visually or in terms of their weight.

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Citation: Kuijpers MHG, Popa CN (2021) The origins of money: Calculation of similarity indexes demonstrates the earliest development of commodity money in prehistoric Central Europe.
