Question: what are the requirements needed for something to be used as money?
Answer: General Acceptability: ADVERTISEMENTS: ... 
Portability: A commodity fit to be used as money must be such that it can be easily and economically transported from one place to the other. ... 
Indestructibility or Durability: ... 
Homogeneity: ... 
Divisibility: ... 
Malleability: ... 
Cognizability: ... 
Stability of Value: