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

# Polity Year(s) Token Description   Edit
281
(Us Reconstruction-Progressive)
Full Year Range of Us Reconstruction-Progressive is assumed.
[1866, 1933]
absent
None
282
(Antebellum US)
Full Year Range of Antebellum US is assumed.
[1776, 1865]
absent
None
283
(Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II)
Full Year Range of Austria - Habsburg Dynasty II is assumed.
[1649, 1918]
absent
None
284
(British Empire I)
Full Year Range of British Empire I is assumed.
[1690, 1849]
absent
None
285
(Napoleonic France)
Full Year Range of Napoleonic France is assumed.
[1816, 1870]
absent
None
286
(Austro-Hungarian Monarchy)
Full Year Range of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is assumed.
[1867, 1918]
absent
None
287
(Khwarezmid Empire)
Full Year Range of Khwarezmid Empire is assumed.
[1157, 1231]
unknown
None
288
(Hohokam Culture)
Full Year Range of Hohokam Culture is assumed.
[300, 1500]
unknown
None
289
(Greco-Bactrian Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom is assumed.
[-256, -125]
unknown
None
290
(Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Holy Roman Empire - Ottonian-Salian Dynasty is assumed.
[919, 1125]
absent
None
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