Tolai tambu reckoning
Tolai tambu reckoning: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
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Where this money came from
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No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
Administration paid tambu for road work.1901 restriction applied to trade with Europeans and did not end covert use. Account-unit function is explicit in the study. [1]
Lifecycle review: European-trade prohibition did not establish disappearance. Positive historical continuation only; current 2026 status was not audited. [2]
Turning points
Account-unit observation
Reported Matupi price:10–12 small fish for quarter-fathom tambu or one shilling; other goods imply different cash ratios. Do not treat exchange rates as ancestral conversion. [3]
Sources and evidence
- John Conroy · John Conroy, The Informal Economy in Development, PartB: From Early Colonisation to the Pacific War C1357 ↗
- John Conroy · John Conroy, The Informal Economy in Development, PartB: From Early Colonisation to the Pacific War C1727 ↗
- T. Scarlett Epstein · T. Scarlett Epstein, Capitalism, Primitive and Modern: Some Aspects of Tolai Economic Growth,1968 C1358 ↗
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“Tolai tambu reckoning.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V26-TOLAI-TAMBU.html