Explain the difference between representative and commodity money, and give examples of how each was used along the Silk Road.

sample answer/ possible answer- Commodity money refers to items of value that are used as money. The value is sized on by the parties involved in the trade. Some forms of commodity money used on the Silk road were cowry shells, animals, feathers, and beads. Representative money refers to a paper currency that gets its value from a governments promise to exchange it for a certain amount for gold or silver. In China, paper money was first used as a form of representative money in about the ninth century. it’s use was limited on the Silk Road because the money did not have value outside of China.

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