I brings to mind the 007 movie where the hotel manage said he would accept British money only if is were sovereigns. That supposedly took place in the mid ‘60s. So people were still using commodity money at that time, not to speak of the silver coins in the US. However, since then, not so much commodity money usage. I can tell you though fish could be used as barter money in Hawaii at one time. Use to buy a lot of bananas and mangos for a little bit of fresh fish.