Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Forms of money

Token

Talking about forms of money, 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]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
token	The absence or presence of token for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Token	Description	Edit
211	(Rattanakosin)	Full Year Range of Rattanakosin is assumed. [1782, 1873]	present	None
212	(Byzantine Empire I)	Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire I is assumed. [632, 866]	absent	None
213	(Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial)	Full Year Range of Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial is assumed. [1734, 1883]	present	None
214	(Orokaiva - Colonial)	Full Year Range of Orokaiva - Colonial is assumed. [1884, 1942]	present	None
215	(Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period is assumed. [-3200, -2500]	present	None
216	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period I)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period I is assumed. [-2500, -2100]	unknown	None
217	(Kachi Plain - Urban Period II)	Full Year Range of Kachi Plain - Urban Period II is assumed. [-2100, 1800]	unknown	None
218	(Ayutthaya)	Full Year Range of Ayutthaya is assumed. [1593, 1767]	present	None
219	(Byzantine Empire II)	Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire II is assumed. [867, 1072]	unknown	None
220	(Byzantine Empire III)	Full Year Range of Byzantine Empire III is assumed. [1073, 1204]	present	None

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