The nature of money - or at least the understanding of its nature - has evolved considerably over time. In our current era of fiat money there is no intrinsic constraint on the money supply that would inhibit commerce. Were there any times in the past when an acute shortage of currency, rather than deeper underlying economic conditions, had adverse effects on trade? If so, how were these circumstances overcome?
Many economists and historians would point to the lethargic European economies of the inter-War years as being, at the very least, exacerbated by the artificial constraints of the gold standard and the desire of central bankers to maintain strong currency.
My source for this, besides coursework that examined it in passing, is Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed.
You are going to see a lot of argument over any attempt at claiming a documented account of historical economies.
It's often claimed that chronic shortage of currency in pre-modern China (in terms of silver and coins, they have often experimented with paper fiat but it has nearly always worked out badly in the end) has been a major constraint on economic growth, however it can get overstated by some commentors, and untimately as others have pointed out it is hard to single out its contribution among structural shortcomings of the society.
You can read a fairly balanced account here to get started. I regret that I cannot name too many reliable sourced in available English - my reading habits on Chinese economic history is a tad biased.