nope money has no value onto itself it only has value as a medium of exchange. In other words you cant eat money but you can eat grain and you can trade it. A system of money is vastly diffrent and was invented to make commerce easier. basicaly it solved the problem of having to trade with a bunch of diffrent groups to get what you want. But at the end of the day things like gold, diamonds, seashells, glass beads, and the dollar only have value if people are willing to accept it in an exchange, where as tools, food, shelter have a dual value in that they can be traded and used. It may appear as a subtle diffrence and it probably is today because we are so enamored with a money system but as a concept they are diffrent Dyshade. However you are correct they both are an econmic exchange