Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Forms of money

Token

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

# Polity Year(s) Token Description   Edit
131
(Kingdom of Sine)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Sine is assumed.
[1350, 1887]
present
None
132
(Kingdom of Waalo)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Waalo is assumed.
[1287, 1855]
present
None
133
(British Empire II)
Full Year Range of British Empire II is assumed.
[1850, 1968]
absent
None
134
(Jolof Empire)
Full Year Range of Jolof Empire is assumed.
[1360, 1549]
present
None
135
(Imamate of Futa Toro)
Full Year Range of Imamate of Futa Toro is assumed.
[1776, 1860]
present
None
136
(Denyanke Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Denyanke Kingdom is assumed.
[1490, 1776]
present
None
137
(Umayyad Caliphate)
Full Year Range of Umayyad Caliphate is assumed.
[661, 750]
uncoded
Unknown.
138
(Western Han Empire)
Full Year Range of Western Han Empire is assumed.
[-202, 9]
uncoded
Unknown.
139
(Western Jin)
Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed.
[265, 317]
uncoded
Unknown.
140
(Second Turk Khaganate)
Full Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed.
[682, 744]
absent
None
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