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
351
(West Burkina Faso Red II and III)
Full Year Range of West Burkina Faso Red II and III is assumed.
[1100, 1400]
absent
None
352
(West Burkina Faso Red IV)
Full Year Range of West Burkina Faso Red IV is assumed.
[1401, 1500]
absent
None
353
(Sape)
Full Year Range of Sape is assumed.
[1400, 1550]
absent
None
354
(Classical Ife)
Full Year Range of Classical Ife is assumed.
[1000, 1400]
absent
None
355
(Tudor and Early Stuart England)
Full Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed.
[1486, 1689]
absent
None
356
(Khwarezmid Empire)
Full Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed.
[1157, 1231]
absent
None
357
(Hohokam Culture)
Full Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed.
[300, 1500]
absent
None
358
(Aro)
Full Year Range of Aro is assumed.
[1690, 1902]
absent
None
359
(Kanem-Borno)
Full Year Range of Kanem-Borno is assumed.
[1380, 1893]
absent
None
360
(Benin Empire)
Full Year Range of Benin Empire is assumed.
[1140, 1897]
absent
None
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