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
81
(Kamakura Shogunate)
Full Year Range of Kamakura Shogunate is assumed.
[1185, 1333]
uncoded
unknown
82
(Majapahit Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Majapahit Kingdom is assumed.
[1292, 1518]
uncoded
unknown. cowries?
83
(Mataram Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed.
[1568, 1755]
uncoded
unknown. cowrie shells?
84
(Medang Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Medang Kingdom is assumed.
[732, 1019]
uncoded
unknown. cowrie shells?
85
(Ostrogothic Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Ostrogothic Kingdom is assumed.
[489, 554]
uncoded
Possibility of tokens under the Romans which may have continued under the Ostrogoths.
86
(Rashtrakuta Empire)
Full Year Range of Rashtrakuta Empire is assumed.
[753, 973]
uncoded
unknown
87
(Roman Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Roman Kingdom is assumed.
[-716, -509]
uncoded
unknown
88
(Early Modern Sierra Leone)
Full Year Range of Early Modern Sierra Leone is assumed.
[1650, 1896]
present
None
89
(Freetown)
Full Year Range of Freetown is assumed.
[1787, 1808]
present
None
90
(Second Turk Khaganate)
Full Year Range of Second Turk Khaganate is assumed.
[682, 744]
absent
None
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