Prior to the 17th century most money was commodity money, typically gold or silver. A commodity money is a medium of exchange the units of which are fixed amounts of an actual commodity that has value other than as money alone. The continued violation of the law of just weights and measures led to a new kind of money. This was the goldsmiths’ debt rather than silver or gold coin. This development required the acceptance in trade of the goldsmiths’ … Continue reading →