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
241	(Foys)	Full Year Range of Foys is assumed. [1600, 1892]	present	None
242	(Whydah)	Full Year Range of Whydah is assumed. [1671, 1727]	present	None
243	(Sokoto Caliphate)	Full Year Range of Sokoto Caliphate is assumed. [1804, 1904]	present	None
244	(Igala)	Full Year Range of Igala is assumed. [1600, 1900]	present	None
245	(Buganda)	Full Year Range of Buganda is assumed. [1700, 1894]	present	None
246	(Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì)	Full Year Range of Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì is assumed. [1043, 1911]	present	None
247	(Benin Empire)	Full Year Range of Benin Empire is assumed. [1140, 1897]	present	None
248	(Wukari Federation)	Full Year Range of Wukari Federation is assumed. [1820, 1899]	present	None
249	(Toro)	Full Year Range of Toro is assumed. [1830, 1896]	absent	None
250	(Buganda)	Full Year Range of Buganda is assumed. [1450, 1699]	present	None

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