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What is the difference between commodity money and representative money?

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Commodity money consists of objects that have value in and of themselves, but representative money makes use of objects because the holder can exchange them for something else of value.

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Commodity money is something that used as the medium of exchange that has value in its own right. For example, gold, silver, cigarette. representative money is commodity backed money.
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