Sky needs to replace the motor in the tractor that is used on her family farm. She exchanges gold coins for the services provided by the mechanic. The money that Sky is using is .

Gold coins are commodity money because they are made from a valuable commodity—gold—which has value in itself. Sky uses the coins to pay the mechanic, so the money she is using is commodity money, not fiat money or representative money.

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