It seems like we had a misunderstanding around semantics then. My defintion was: "the fact or quality of being generally accepted or in use." The act of it being used as a currency.
My distinction between this and a more general "form of barter"/medium-of-exchange was written as '"first-class citizen" status' currency.
My distinction between this and a more general "form of barter"/medium-of-exchange was written as '"first-class citizen" status' currency.