Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Forms of money

Precious Metal

Talking about forms of money, precious metals are non-coined silver, gold, platinum  
Contributors: Jenny, Majid, Peter

Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

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

# Polity   Year(s)   Precious Metal   Confidence     Disputed?     Expert?   Edit
1
Mossi
1100 CE 1750 CE
unknown
Suspected No Edit
2
Spanish Empire II
1716 CE 1814 CE
present
Confident No Edit
3
Mossi
1751 CE 1897 CE
absent
Confident No Edit
4
Ptolemaic Kingdom I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
5
Ptolemaic Kingdom II
-
present
Inferred No Edit
6
Egypt - Period of the Regions
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
7
Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
8
Chuuk - Early Truk
-
absent
Confident No Edit
9
Chuuk - Late Truk
-
absent
Confident No Edit
10
French Kingdom - Early Bourbon
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
11
French Kingdom - Late Bourbon
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
12
French Kingdom - Late Capetian
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
13
Carolingian Empire II
-
present
Inferred No Edit
14
Hallstatt A-B1
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
15
Hallstatt B2-3
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
16
Hallstatt C
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
17
Hallstatt D
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
18
La Tene A-B1
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
19
French Kingdom - Late Valois
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
20
The Emirate of Crete
-
present
Confident No Edit
21
Hellenistic Crete
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
22
Iban - Pre-Brooke
-
absent
Confident No Edit
23
Hephthalites
-
present
Inferred No Edit
24
Western Jin
-
present
Inferred No Edit
25
Sui Dynasty
-
present
Inferred No Edit
26
Great Yuan
-
present
Inferred No Edit
27
Ayyubid Sultanate
-
present
Inferred No Edit
28
Badarian
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
29
Egypt - Dynasty II
-
present
Inferred No Edit
30
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III
-
present
Inferred No Edit
31
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II
-
present
Inferred No Edit
32
Egypt - Middle Kingdom
-
present
Inferred No Edit
33
Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
34
Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom
-
present
Inferred No Edit
35
Saffarid Caliphate
-
present
Confident No Edit
36
Oirats
-
present
Confident No Edit
37
Golden Horde
-
present
Confident No Edit
38
British Empire I
-
present
Confident No Edit
39
Anglo-Saxon England I
-
present
Confident No Edit
40
Napoleonic France
-
present
Confident No Edit
41
British Empire IIIIIIIIII
-
present
Confident No Edit
42
Erligang
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
43
Jin
-
present
Confident No Edit
44
Longshan
-
present
Inferred No Edit
45
Jin Dynasty
-
present
Inferred No Edit
46
Northern Song
-
present
Confident No Edit
47
Early Qing
-
present
Confident No Edit
48
Late Shang
-
present
Inferred No Edit
49
Tang Dynasty II
-
present
Confident No Edit
50
Western Zhou
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
51
Yangshao
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
52
Egypt - Dynasty I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
53
Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
54
Naqada I
-
present
Confident No Edit
55
Egypt - Saite Period
-
present
Confident No Edit
56
Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
57
Atlantic Complex
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
58
Early Merovingian
-
present
Confident No Edit
59
Middle Merovingian
-
present
Confident No Edit
60
Akan - Pre-Ashanti
-
present
Confident No Edit
61
New Palace Crete
-
present
Inferred No Edit
62
Prepalatial Crete
-
present
Inferred No Edit
63
Hawaii I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
64
Hawaii III
-
absent
Confident No Edit
65
Yehuda
-
present
Confident No Edit
66
Chalukyas of Kalyani
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
67
Deccan - Neolithic
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
68
Delhi Sultanate
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
69
Mughal Empire
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
70
Vijayanagara Empire
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
71
Abbasid Caliphate I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
72
Ak Koyunlu
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
73
Buyid Confederation
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
74
Elam I
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
75
Elam II
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
76
Elam III
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
77
Safavid Empire
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
78
Sasanid Empire I
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
79
Seleucids
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
80
Elam - Late Sukkalmah
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
81
Latium - Copper Age
-
absent
Confident No Edit
82
Ostrogothic Kingdom
-
present
Inferred No Edit
83
Papal States - Medieval Period II
-
present
Confident No Edit
84
Exarchate of Ravenna
-
present
Inferred No Edit
85
Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity
-
present
Confident No Edit
86
Ashikaga Shogunate
-
present
Confident No Edit
87
Asuka
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
88
Western Turk Khaganate
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
89
Magadha - Maurya Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
90
Abbasid Caliphate II
-
present
Confident No Edit
91
Akkadian Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
92
Early Dynastic
-
present
Confident No Edit
93
Isin-Larsa
-
present
Confident No Edit
94
Ur - Dynasty III
-
present
Confident No Edit
95
Uruk
-
present
Confident No Edit
96
Susiana - Late Ubaid
-
present
Inferred No Edit
97
Seljuk Sultanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
98
Elam - Shimashki Period
-
present
Confident No Edit
99
Elam - Early Sukkalmah
-
present
Confident No Edit
100
Rome - Republic of St Peter II
-
present
Confident No Edit
101
Papal States - High Medieval Period
-
present
Confident No Edit
102
Early Roman Republic
-
present
Confident No Edit
103
Middle Roman Republic
-
present
Confident No Edit
104
Nara Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
105
Kara-Khanids
-
present
Inferred No Edit
106
Early Angkor
-
present
Confident No Edit
107
Phoenician Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
108
Saadi Sultanate
-
present
Inferred No Edit
109
Bamana kingdom
-
present
Inferred No Edit
110
Jenne-jeno I
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
111
Jenne-jeno II
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
112
Jenne-jeno III
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
113
Jenne-jeno IV
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
114
Samanid Empire
-
present
Inferred No Edit
115
Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty
-
present
Confident No Edit
116
Cuzco - Early Intermediate I
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
117
Cuzco - Early Intermediate II
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
118
Sakha - Early
-
absent
Confident No Edit
119
Sakha - Late
-
absent
Confident No Edit
120
Egypt - Kushite Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
121
Umayyad Caliphate
-
present
Inferred No Edit
122
Late Cappadocia
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
123
Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
124
Ottoman Emirate
-
present
Inferred No Edit
125
Ottoman Empire I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
126
Ottoman Empire II
-
present
Inferred No Edit
127
Ottoman Empire III
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
128
Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling
-
absent
Confident No Edit
129
Cahokia - Moorehead
-
absent
Confident No Edit
130
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early
-
absent
Confident No Edit
131
Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late
-
absent
Confident No Edit
132
Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
133
Cahokia - Sand Prairie
-
absent
Confident No Edit
134
Chagatai Khanate
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
135
Khanate of Bukhara
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
136
Timurid Empire
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
137
Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
138
Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty
-
present
Confident No Edit
139
Mongol Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
140
Early Mongols
-
absent
Confident No Edit
141
Late Mongols
-
absent
Confident No Edit
142
Shiwei
-
absent
Confident No Edit
143
Xianbei Confederation
-
absent
Confident No Edit
144
Early Xiongnu
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
145
Zungharian Empire
-
absent
Confident No Edit
146
Monte Alban II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
147
Early Formative Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
148
Oaxaca - Tierras Largas
-
absent
Confident No Edit
149
Cuzco - Late Intermediate II
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
150
Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic
-
unknown
Confident No Edit
151
Rattanakosin
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
152
Fatimid Caliphate
-
present
Inferred No Edit
153
Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II
-
present
Confident No Edit
154
Byzantine Empire I
-
present
Confident No Edit
155
East Roman Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
156
Hatti - Old Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
157
Roman Empire - Dominate
-
present
Confident No Edit
158
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
-
present
Inferred No Edit
159
Kushan Empire
-
present
Inferred No Edit
160
Eastern Han Empire
-
present
Inferred No Edit
161
Hmong - Early Chinese
-
absent
Confident No Edit
162
Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period
-
present
Confident No Edit
163
Hmong - Late Qing
-
present
Confident No Edit
164
Great Ming
-
present
Confident No Edit
165
Late Qing
-
present
Confident No Edit
166
Tang Dynasty I
-
present
Confident No Edit
167
Early Wei Dynasty
-
present
Confident No Edit
168
Western Han Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
169
Tairona
-
present
Confident No Edit
170
Shuar - Colonial
-
present
Confident No Edit
171
Kansai - Yayoi Period
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
172
Shuar - Ecuadorian
-
present
Confident No Edit
173
Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
174
Naqada II
-
present
Confident No Edit
175
Egypt - Dynasty 0
-
present
Confident No Edit
176
Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
177
Spanish Empire I
-
present
Confident No Edit
178
Axum I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
179
Beaker Culture
-
present
Inferred No Edit
180
Proto-Carolingian
-
present
Confident No Edit
181
Ashanti Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
182
Archaic Crete
-
present
Confident No Edit
183
Classical Crete
-
present
Confident No Edit
184
Geometric Crete
-
present
Confident No Edit
185
Monopalatial Crete
-
present
Inferred No Edit
186
The Old Palace Crete
-
present
Inferred No Edit
187
Postpalatial Crete
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
188
Hawaii II
-
absent
Confident No Edit
189
Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial
-
absent
Confident No Edit
190
Majapahit Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
191
Canaan
-
present
Confident No Edit
192
Yisrael
-
present
Confident No Edit
193
Early A'chik
-
absent
Confident No Edit
194
Late A'chik
-
absent
Confident No Edit
195
Mahajanapada era
-
present
Confident No Edit
196
Rashtrakuta Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
197
Amorite Babylonia
-
present
Confident No Edit
198
Kassite Babylonia
-
present
Confident No Edit
199
Bazi Dynasty
-
present
Confident No Edit
200
Susa I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
201
Susa II
-
present
Inferred No Edit
202
Dynasty of E
-
present
Confident No Edit
203
Second Dynasty of Isin
-
present
Confident No Edit
204
Neo-Assyrian Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
205
Neo-Babylonian Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
206
Ubaid
-
present
Confident No Edit
207
Achaemenid Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
208
Elam - Awan Dynasty I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
209
Ilkhanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
210
Susiana B
-
present
Confident No Edit
211
Susiana B
-
absent
Confident No Edit
212
Susiana - Early Ubaid
-
present
Inferred No Edit
213
Elam - Shutrukid Period
-
present
Confident No Edit
214
Parthian Empire I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
215
Parthian Empire II
-
present
Inferred No Edit
216
Monte Alban IIIB and IV
-
absent
Confident No Edit
217
Susa III
-
present
Inferred No Edit
218
Icelandic Commonwealth
-
present
Confident No Edit
219
Papal States - Medieval Period I
-
present
Confident No Edit
220
Papal States - Renaissance Period
-
present
Confident No Edit
221
Late Roman Republic
-
present
Confident No Edit
222
Roman Empire - Principate
-
present
Confident No Edit
223
Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama
-
present
Confident No Edit
224
Heian
-
present
Confident No Edit
225
Kamakura Shogunate
-
present
Confident No Edit
226
Tokugawa Shogunate
-
present
Confident No Edit
227
Classical Angkor
-
present
Confident No Edit
228
Late Angkor
-
present
Confident No Edit
229
Khmer Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
230
Chenla
-
present
Confident No Edit
231
Funan I
-
present
Confident No Edit
232
Funan II
-
present
Confident No Edit
233
Mali Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
234
Eastern Turk Khaganate
-
absent
Confident No Edit
235
Rouran Khaganate
-
absent
Confident No Edit
236
Second Turk Khaganate
-
absent
Confident No Edit
237
Uigur Khaganate
-
present
Confident No Edit
238
Late Xiongnu
-
absent
Confident No Edit
239
Xiongnu Imperial Confederation
-
absent
Confident No Edit
240
Later Wagadu Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
241
Middle Wagadu Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
242
Early Monte Alban I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
243
Monte Alban Late I
-
absent
Confident No Edit
244
Monte Alban III
-
absent
Confident No Edit
245
Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period
-
unknown
Confident No Edit
246
Monte Alban V
-
absent
Confident No Edit
247
Late Formative Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
248
Middle Formative Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
249
Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico
-
absent
Confident No Edit
250
Oaxaca - Rosario
-
absent
Confident No Edit
251
Oaxaca - San Jose
-
absent
Confident No Edit
252
Kingdom of Norway II
-
present
Confident No Edit
253
Cuzco - Late Intermediate I
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
254
Inca Empire
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
255
Wari Empire
-
absent
Confident No Edit
256
Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial
-
absent
Confident No Edit
257
Orokaiva - Colonial
-
absent
Confident No Edit
258
Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
259
Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
260
Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period
-
present
Inferred No Edit
261
Kachi Plain - Urban Period I
-
present
Inferred No Edit
262
Kachi Plain - Urban Period II
-
present
Inferred No Edit
263
Ayutthaya
-
present
Inferred No Edit
264
Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age
-
present
Inferred No Edit
265
Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia
-
present
Inferred No Edit
266
Byzantine Empire II
-
present
Confident No Edit
267
Byzantine Empire III
-
present
Confident No Edit
268
Hatti - New Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
269
Kingdom of Lydia
-
present
Inferred No Edit
270
Rum Sultanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
271
Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
272
Sogdiana - City-States Period
-
present
Confident No Edit
273
Rasulid Dynasty
-
present
Inferred No Edit
274
Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty
-
present
Inferred No Edit
275
Bugesera
-
absent
Confident No Edit
276
Funj Sultanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
277
Hausa bakwai
-
present
Confident No Edit
278
Buganda
-
absent
Confident No Edit
279
Toro
-
absent
Confident No Edit
280
Buganda
-
absent
Confident No Edit
281
Kingdom of Nyinginya
-
absent
Confident No Edit
282
Ndorwa
-
absent
Confident No Edit
283
Burundi
-
absent
Confident No Edit
284
Mubari
-
absent
Confident No Edit
285
Gisaka
-
absent
Confident No Edit
286
Nkore
-
absent
Confident No Edit
287
Buhaya
-
absent
Confident No Edit
288
Carnatic Sultanate
-
present
Confident No Edit
289
Nayaks of Madurai
-
present
Confident No Edit
290
Early Cholas
-
present
Inferred No Edit
291
Early Pandyas
-
present
Inferred No Edit
292
Early Modern Sierra Leone
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
293
Hohokam Culture
-
present
Confident No Edit
294
Alaouite Dynasty I
-
present
Confident No Edit
295
Kaabu
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
296
Freetown
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
297
Pre-Sape Sierra Leone
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
298
West Burkina Faso Red II and III
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
299
West Burkina Faso Red IV
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
300
Sape
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
301
Classical Ife
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
302
Armenian Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
303
Benin Empire
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
304
Karagwe
-
absent
Inferred No Edit
305
Kingdom of the Huns
-
present
Confident No Edit
306
Early United Mexican States
-
present
Confident No Edit
307
Plantagenet England
-
present
Confident No Edit
308
Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty
-
present
Confident No Edit
309
Lombard Kingdom
-
present
Confident No Edit
310
Us Reconstruction-Progressive
-
present
Confident No Edit
311
Late Tiwanaku
-
present
Confident No Edit
312
Antebellum US
-
present
Confident No Edit
313
Tudor and Early Stuart England
-
present
Confident No Edit
314
Anglo-Saxon England II
-
present
Confident No Edit
315
Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II
-
present
Confident No Edit
316
Khwarezmid Empire
-
present
Confident No Edit
317
Ghur Principality
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
318
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
-
present
Confident No Edit
319
Tocharians
-
unknown
Suspected No Edit
320
Egypt - Late Old Kingdom
-
present
Inferred No Edit