Could each of the following items potentially serve as money? Consider each as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, or a store of value. A. Visa credit card B. Federal Reserve note C. Debit card D. Picasso painting

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  1. Could each of the following items potentially serve as money? Consider each as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, or a store of value.

A. Visa credit card

B. Federal Reserve note

C. Debit card

D. Picasso painting

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Money serves the function of medium of exchange, a unit of account and a store of value.

Here, Considering the first one, which is,

A) Visa credit card:

This doesn't potentially serve as a medium of exchange because credit card doesn't hold any store of value and it is neither a medium of exchange nor a unit of account. It is actually a borrowed money which has to be returned by the cardholder and it doesn't hold any intrinsic value too. So the functions of money isn't applicable here.

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