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by dTal 3190 days ago
>they exchanged items according to the items' value measured in units of metal, even if they didn't exchange the actual metal

This is still bartering. When I order something off Amazon, I don't have to package up an item of equal value and physically mail it to them. This is the fundamental problem that money solves - an abstract, finely divisible, non-spoiling value store.