Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Forms of money

Token

Talking about forms of money, tokens, unlike articles, are used only for exchange, and unlike coins, are not manufactured (example: cowries) (See here)

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Variable	Definition
Polity	The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s)	The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag	[Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
token	The absence or presence of token for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Token	Description	Edit
1	(Allada)	1100 CE 1599 CE	A~P	None
2	(Mossi)	1100 CE 1750 CE	unknown	None
3	(Allada)	1600 CE 1724 CE	present	None
4	(Mossi)	1751 CE 1897 CE	present	None
5	(Parthian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40]	unknown	None
6	(Parthian Empire II)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire II is assumed. [41, 226]	unknown	None
7	(Hmong - Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed. [1701, 1895]	absent	None
8	(Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period is assumed. [868, 969]	unknown	None
9	(Ilkhanate)	Full Year Range of Ilkhanate is assumed. [1256, 1339]	unknown	None
10	(Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period is assumed. [-1069, -747]	unknown	None

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