Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Forms of money

Paper Currency

Paper currency or another kind of fiat money. note that this only refers to indigenously produced paper currency. code absent if colonial money is used.   (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]
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Variable Definition
paper_currency The absence or presence of paper currency for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Paper Currency Description   Edit
101
(Tang Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Tang Dynasty II is assumed.
[763, 907]
absent
None
102
(Early Wei Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Early Wei Dynasty is assumed.
[-445, -225]
absent
None
103
(Neguanje)
Full Year Range of Neguanje is assumed.
[250, 1050]
unknown
None
104
(Tairona)
Full Year Range of Tairona is assumed.
[1050, 1524]
unknown
None
105
(Antebellum US)
Full Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed.
[1776, 1865]
A~P
None
106
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]
A~P
None
107
(Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Russian Empire, Romanov Dynasty II is assumed.
[1776, 1917]
present
None
108
(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed.
[-2016, -1700]
absent
None
109
(Naqada I)
Full Year Range of Naqada I is assumed.
[-3800, -3550]
absent
None
110
(Cwezi Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Cwezi Dynasty is assumed.
[1450, 1699]
absent
None
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