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They bartered using commodities, goods, and pieces of rare metals (gold, silver and copper in particular- which are really just commodities).

Kefirah. The Torah defines money (as per the Gemorah Kiddushin) as a certain value of silver (or gold, as per the Machlokes in HaZahav). That is “Money”, and FRNs, NIS or Wampum is not.

Period.