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Asante gold-account reckoning: research record

Evidence coverage: 1800–1929. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Asante gold-account reckoning

CUR-V26-ASANTE-PEREDWAN · Research draft

Asante internal markets and courts; peredwan-based scale

One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1800–1929; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Latest research

Historical account research

Central peredwan unit and fractional scale used alongside smaller damba,taku,domafo,doma values; small values enter court fines and fee distribution. Metrological relationships to other standards do not establish parentage.

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Historical account research

Lifecycle review: unresolved No complete family extinction established.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1800–1929supported

Central peredwan unit and fractional scale used alongside smaller damba,taku,domafo,doma values; small values enter court fines and fee distribution. Metrological relationships to other standards do not establish parentage.

C1356
Nonequalified

Lifecycle review: unresolved No complete family extinction established.

C1469
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan. Named denomination system used in court fines and fees; gold ornaments or generic weighed bullion are not sufficient by themselves.

Supported C1356

Central peredwan unit and fractional scale used alongside smaller damba,taku,domafo,doma values; small values enter court fines and fee distribution. Metrological relationships to other standards do not establish parentage.

Kwame Arhin · Kwame Arhin, Gold-mining and trading among the Ashanti of Ghana, Journal des Africanistes48(1),1978, pp.89–100 Citation S671 · Open source ↗

p94

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Qualified C1469

Lifecycle review: unresolved No complete family extinction established.

Kwame Arhin · Kwame Arhin, Gold-mining and trading among the Ashanti of Ghana, Journal des Africanistes48(1),1978, pp.89–100 Citation S671 · Open source ↗

printed94: denomination system and court fines;90: fieldwork1968

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1726

Lifecycle review: unresolved No complete family extinction established.

Kwame Arhin · Kwame Arhin, Gold-mining and trading among the Ashanti of Ghana, Journal des Africanistes48(1),1978, pp.89–100 Citation S671 · Open source ↗

printed94: denomination system and court fines;90: fieldwork1968

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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