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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
precious_metal	The absence or presence of precious metal for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Precious Metal	Description	Edit
31	(Egypt - Middle Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Middle Kingdom is assumed. [-2016, -1700]	present	None
32	(Hallstatt C)	Full Year Range of Hallstatt C is assumed. [-700, -600]	unknown	None
33	(Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom is assumed. [-2650, -2350]	present	None
34	(Saffarid Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Saffarid Caliphate is assumed. [861, 1003]	present	None
35	(Oirats)	Full Year Range of Oirats is assumed. [1368, 1630]	present	None
36	(Golden Horde)	Full Year Range of Golden Horde is assumed. [1240, 1440]	present	None
37	(British Empire I)	Full Year Range of British Empire I is assumed. [1690, 1849]	present	None
38	(Anglo-Saxon England I)	Full Year Range of Anglo-Saxon England I is assumed. [410, 926]	present	None
39	(Napoleonic France)	Full Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed. [1816, 1870]	present	None
40	(Chuuk - Early Truk)	Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed. [1775, 1886]	absent	None

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