Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Forms of money

Precious Metal

Talking about forms of money, precious metals are non-coined silver, gold, platinum   (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
precious_metal The absence or presence of precious metal for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Precious Metal Description   Edit
311
(Late Tiwanaku)
Full Year Range of Late Tiwanaku is assumed.
[800, 1149]
present
None
312
(Antebellum US)
Full Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed.
[1776, 1865]
present
None
313
(Tudor and Early Stuart England)
Full Year Range of Tudor and Early Stuart England is assumed.
[1486, 1689]
present
None
314
(Anglo-Saxon England II)
Full Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England II is assumed.
[927, 1065]
present
None
315
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]
present
None
316
(Khwarezmid Empire)
Full Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed.
[1157, 1231]
present
None
317
(Ghur Principality)
Full Year Range of Ghur Principality is assumed.
[1025, 1215]
unknown
None
318
(Austro-Hungarian Monarchy)
Full Year Range of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is assumed.
[1867, 1918]
present
None
319
(Tocharians)
Full Year Range of Tocharians is assumed.
[-129, 29]
unknown
None
320
(Egypt - Late Old Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Egypt - Late Old Kingdom is assumed.
[-2350, -2150]
present
None
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