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]
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
41	(Yemen - Ottoman period)	Full Year Range of Yemen - Ottoman period is assumed. [1873, 1920]	absent	EMPTY_COMMENT
42	(Tahert)	Full Year Range of Tahert is assumed. [761, 909]	unknown	EMPTY_COMMENT
43	(Third Scythian Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Third Scythian Kingdom is assumed. [-429, -225]	unknown	No data.
44	(Tlemcen)	Full Year Range of Tlemcen is assumed. [1235, 1554]	unknown	EMPTY_COMMENT
45	(Zagwe)	Full Year Range of Zagwe is assumed. [1137, 1269]	unknown	EMPTY_COMMENT
46	(Late Qing)	Full Year Range of Late Qing is assumed. [1796, 1912]	absent	None
47	(Ilkhanate)	Full Year Range of Ilkhanate is assumed. [1256, 1339]	unknown	None
48	(Parthian Empire I)	Full Year Range of Parthian Empire I is assumed. [-247, 40]	unknown	None
49	(East Francia)	Full Year Range of East Francia is assumed. [842, 919]	absent	The primary medium of exchange in East Francia was coinage (e.g., silver deniers) and barter goods (articles), rather than unmanufactured tokens. [McCormick 2001]
50	(Kingdom of Georgia II)	Full Year Range of Kingdom of Georgia II is assumed. [975, 1243]	unknown	EMPTY_COMMENT

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